James Kirchick

Sochi Olympics: Why picking on gays has backfired so horribly for Vladimir Putin

This time, Russia's thuggish president has picked on the wrong minority

Russian gay icons: Sergei Diaghilev and Igor Stravinsky (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty)
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