Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Viv Groskop don "The Observer" ya rubuta, cewa littafin "ya sake maimaita sanannen hujja cewa kamfen din bam din ta'addanci na 1999
wanda ya hanzarta yakin Rasha na biyu tare da Chechnya kuma ya tura Putin zuwa shugabancin ya kasance a zahiri an shirya shi ne ta hanyar ayyukan tsaro na Rasha. David Satter, tsohon wakilin Moscow na jaridar Financial Times, ya yi rubutu mai kyau a kan batun". A cewarta, littafin ya mai da hankali "a cikin cikakkun bayanai masu ban tsoro" kan yunkurin da jami'an FSB suka yi na dasa bam a wani ginin zama a cikin birnin Ryazan, amma ya kasa bayyana gamsarwa game da shigar da ayyukan tsaro na Rasha gaba ɗaya cikin shirya fashewar bama-bamai.