Russia issues arrest warrant for trans non-binary journalist over reporting on Ukraine

Masha Gessen fled the country in 2013 in the face of anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda laws.

The Objectivity Wars panel with Masha Gessen speaking
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Russian authorities on Friday issued an arrest warrant for nonbinary Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen, 56, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin who fled the country in 2013 following the imposition of the first in a series of notorious anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda laws in the country.

Independent Russian news outlet Mediazona first reported Gessen’s profile had been added to the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted list.

The arrest warrant follows a charge by Moscow earlier this year that the nonbinary journalist spread “false information” about Russia’s war on Ukraine during an interview with a prominent Russian journalist in 2022.

That interview discussed…

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