Reviews
'A compelling account of how a disparate set of political groups came together to create the largest anti-government protests Russia has seen in living memory.', 'This book gives a fascinating peek at the shifting political landscape in one of the world's most opaque nations.', 'Bennetts' entertaining book Kicking the Kremlin could hardly have come at a better time... Bennetts is well-placed to write the book. The huge variety of his interviews, through which he elicits a pleasing selection of anecdotes, as well as accusations of being a foreign spy, show his familiarity with the country and its people.', 'Vivid and insightful. Bennetts captures a transitional moment in Russian history. Years from now, when researchers are seeking to explain the second Putin era, they would do well to use this reportage.', 'Dark, compelling, and illuminating. Bennetts meets priests, lawmakers, spin-doctors, ordinary Russians, left-wing agitators, and riot cops in this vivid first-hand portrait.', "Bennetts' book ... is invaluable for his many interviews and interactions with Russians who continue to demonstrate and defy authority even as things get increasingly difficult. And he covers the full spectrum, from radical right-wingers to pro-Western liberals, from voting monitors to provincial activists trying to stop a nickel mining operation from being set up in their backyard. We learn what keeps them fighting, despite impossible odds, what the Kremlin and Putin seem to fear most (Maidan), and why any form of dissent is increasingly seen as some shade of treason." --Russian Life Magazine PRAISE FOR KICKING THE KREMLIN by Marc Bennetts: "Dark, compelling, and illuminating. Bennetts meets priests, lawmakers, spin-doctors, ordinary Russians, left-wing agitators, and riot cops in this vivid first-hand portrait." -- Luke Harding, Guardian correspondent and author of Mafia State "Colourful and authoritative. The best account of Russia's protest movement and Putin's ferocious crackdown." -- Angus Roxburgh, author of Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia "Vivid and insightful. Bennetts captures a transitional moment in Russian history. Years from now, when researchers are seeking to explain the second Putin era, they would do well to use this reportage." -- Daniel Kalder, author of Lost Cosmonaut "Bennetts has done an excellent job of drawing together the scattered beads of a sobering story." -- Susan Richards, author of Lost and Found in Russia: Encounters in a Deep Heartland and founding editor of OpenDemocracy Russia., 'Colourful and authoritative. The best account of Russia's protest movement and Putin's ferocious crackdown.', PRAISE FOR KICKING THE KREMLIN by Marc Bennetts: "Dark, compelling, and illuminating. Bennetts meets priests, lawmakers, spin-doctors, ordinary Russians, left-wing agitators, and riot cops in this vivid first-hand portrait." -- Luke Harding, Guardian correspondent and author of Mafia State "Colourful and authoritative. The best account of Russia's protest movement and Putin's ferocious crackdown." -- Angus Roxburgh, author of Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia "Vivid and insightful. Bennetts captures a transitional moment in Russian history. Years from now, when researchers are seeking to explain the second Putin era, they would do well to use this reportage." -- Daniel Kalder, author of Lost Cosmonaut "Bennetts has done an excellent job of drawing together the scattered beads of a sobering story." -- Susan Richards, author of Lost and Found in Russia: Encounters in a Deep Heartland and founding editor of OpenDemocracy Russia., 'An engagingly grim, frequently absurdist portrait of Vladimir Putin and the popular protests against him.'
