The Bombshell

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GQ tries to bury a provocative piece about Vladmir Putin’s rise to power.

Featuring: Scott Anderson and Gabriel Snyder.

READ THE KILLED STORY

“None Dare Call It A Conspiracy,” GQ, published online March 30, 2017. By Scott Anderson.

Additional Source Material

NPR: Why ‘GQ’ Doesn’t Want Russians To Read Its Story
Gawker: Hey, you can read the banned GQ article about Putin here
The New York Times: GQ’s Provocative Article on Russia Will Be Hard to Find in Russia
The Guardian: Vogue Russia closes as Condé Nast stops publishing after ‘rise in censorship’