How Totalitarianism Took Over Russia (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Reporter Masha Gessen grew up in Russia. Left young when it was still the Soviet Union. Came back when there was an opening to democracy, and watched as Russia went the other way - to Vladimir Putin and what she now plainly calls totalitarianism. Why did that happen? What does it mean for Russians and for the world? For the United States in particular? This hour On Point: Mashsa Gessen goes deep on how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia. -- Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/10/02/masha-gessen-russia