Culture | Vladimir Putin’s Russia
Masha Gessen is wrong to call Russia a totalitarian state
The distinction between totalitarianism and authoritarianism is not one of degree, but one of kind
The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. By Masha Gessen. Riverhead Books; 528 pages; $28. Granta; £20.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Degrees and perception”
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