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Russian LGBT journalist Masha Gessen told All In host Chris Hayes the following on MSNBC last night:

“As long as the pressure is on, it’s not going to make them reconsider those [existing] laws. But it will possibly make them dial back the campaign of hate, and it can prevent the passage of further laws, including the law on removing children from same-sex families.”