Foreign Policy Magazine

PUTIN TRUMP

Nadya Tolokonnikova, a lead artist of the punk group Pussy Riot, offers her thoughts on how women can fight leaders like Putin and Trump—and win.

Not every comparison between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump works. But when it comes to their craven need for power, their fragile temperaments and inflated egos, and their anti-feminist sentiments, these two men have much in common.

They share some political methods and some psychological deficiencies. It’s caveman psychology. When they are angry, they lash

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