Masha Gessen | "The Death of Stalin" and the Terrifying Absurdity of a Tyrant




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In Scottish director Armando Iannucci's film 'The Death of Stalin,' everyone is afraid of being killed, all the time. (photo: Nicola Dove/IFC Films)
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "With Putin apparently intent on being the President for life, it is instructive to know that, as evinced by Stalin's sudden death, the country can change quickly and unpredictably, in no small part because there are no beliefs or principles driving the behavior of any of the actors."
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