Just Read It All
by tristero
From Masha Gessen. The only thing I’ve read that makes full horrific sense of the implications of what just happened.
I have lived in autocracies most of my life, and have spent much of my career writing about Vladimir Putin’s Russia. I have learned a few rules for surviving in an autocracy and salvaging your sanity and self-respect. It might be worth considering them now:
Absolutely essential reading – and pass it on.