"What's it like when Russians are after you?"

Many Americans don't know how living under autocracy *feels*. Here's a brief analogy

Think of a kraken. A voracious beast that is trying to get its tentacles into everything. This is what the corrupt, authoritarian Russian government is like.

If you’re white, American, and middle-to-upper class, you may not know what it feels like to constantly be aware of the presence of the kraken. If you’d like to know how it can affect poor people o…