Russian author Jana Bakunina: ‘In the West, people don’t know what it’s like to be absolutely helpless’

Russian author Jana Bakunina: ‘In the West, people don’t know what it’s like to be absolutely helpless’

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The exiled Russian writer, who is coming to Dalkey Book Festival next week, talks about the ‘inner emigration’ of her friends under Putin and how even her father accepted regime propaganda