way for the unmasking of the dark forces at the heart of Russia's current being. I must confess that I finished reading A Russian Diary feeling that it should be taken up and dropped from the air in vast quantities throughout the length and breadth of Mother Russia, for all her people to read." Kirkus Reviews stated that the diary entries in the book "may lack total journalistic objectivity, but Politkovskaya more than justifies her bias with this emotional portrait of the dangerous lives of the Russian people." Publishers Weekly stated that it was "A rare and intelligent memoir-if an entirely depressing one". References Notes Some material originated from Anna Politkovskaya External links A Russian Diary at Penguin Random House - South Africa site A Russian Diary at Random House Books Extracts: 'Beslan is quietly going out of its mind' and 'Fascism is in fashion' 2007 books Books about post-Soviet Russia Books about Vladimir Putin Beslan school siege