 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kendall akabatana neBBC muna 1983 somudzidzi wokugadzira redhiyo yeBBC World Service. Akanga ari mutori wenhau weBBC muMoscow kubva muna 1989 kusvika muna 1995, uye akavandudza ruzivo rwake mune zvematongerwo enyika eRussia. Akanga ari muMoscow kuzopupurira kurwisana kwesimba muSoviet Communist party sezvo Mikhail Gorbachev akaedza kuunza shanduko, uye akashuma pamusoro pokuparara kweSoviet Unionuye kurwisana kwemukati muChechnya, Georgia neTajikistan. Akatumira mishumo yechiito chokuparadza hurumende muna August 1991 uye akafukidza kusimuka kwaBoris Yeltsin musimba. 