Some called for me to be stripped of citizenship, others are making an online game where you can beat me to death. In Russia, dissidents like me are harassed with impunity.
Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist and author of memoirs about Chechnya. Source: Arkady Babchenko / Facebook.
Do you want to know what political harassment feels like in Putin’s Russia? I’ll tell you my own experience. I’ve been harassed before, but the campaign against me is particularly strong.
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