Searing and deeply personal ... Bennetts’s book details Russia’s political devolution on a terrifyingly grander and more violent scale—one with no apparent hope of Putin ever conceding any future election or, for that matter, any power. Bennetts argues compellingly that Putin cultivated a national character of 'cynicism and apathy, as well as an acceptance of violence' ... Passionate, heartbreaking.
Marc Bennetts reckons that he knows Russia a lot better than Vladimir Putin ... He loves Russia too, more than Putin. Or at least he did. This book is his pitch-perfect account of how his adopted country descended into evil and madness ... Haunting and insightful.
