Kremlin Blacklisted, Recently Fired, Prominent Russian Journalist Masha Gessen Meets Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: REUTERS/RIA Novosti)
Russian journalist Masha Gessen lost her job last week as editor of a nature Russian journalist Masha Gessen lost her job last week as editor of a nature magazine for refusing to cover President Vladimr Putin’s hang-glider flight with endangered Siberian cranes.
This week, Putin invited Gessen for a chat at the Kremlin.
Masha Gessen tells anchor Marco Werman about her unusual encounter and candid talk with Russia’s leader.
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