Leaving Russia: Not Fleeing in Fear, But Choosing Conscience

(Guest Post) By Gershon Kogan-Orientalist, Journalist, Specialist in Iranian Studies

Life in the Heart of the System

For many years, I had no intention of leaving Russia. Moscow seemed to me the best city in the world to live in — vibrant, full of opportunities, and remarkably accommodating to someone like me.

I worked as press secretary and government-relations aide to Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar. That placed me not on the fringes o…