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The Descent : Witnessing Russia's Spiral into Madness Under Putin by Marc Bennetts essays The mesmerising new novel fromAn extraordinary first hand account of Russias descent into totalitarianism, paranoia and madness. Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times, moved to Russia in the chaotic final years of President Yeltsin's rule. Twenty five years later, The Times pulled him out of Russia over concerns for his security following his arrest in Moscow at a protest against the war in Ukraine. From the wild 1990s in Moscow to narrowly