In Twelve Who Don’t Agree, journalist Valery Panyushkin profiles twelve Russians from across the country’s social spectrum: a politician, a journalist, an army officer, an author, a bank manager, a laborer, a university student . . . Despite varied backgrounds, they all have one thing in common—participation in the historic March of the Dissidents. Held in 2007 to protest the eroding state of affairs in Russia, the March was held in flagrant violation of increasingly stringent laws forbidding public demonstrations. Though each of these men and women had personal reasons for joining the demonstration, they shared a belief that the government of Vladimir Putin was betraying the promise of Russia’s future.


Valery Panyushkin is a Russian journalist and writer.

Description: 259 pages ; 21 cm
Contents: Another Russia --
Marina Litvinovich: young woman leaning over a map --
Vissarion Aseyev: the man at the table on the right --
Anatoly Yermoling: a man with a child's smile --
Maria Gaidar: young woman in a pretty dress --
Ilya Yashin: young man in a tweed jacket --
Sergei Udaltsov: young man in a leather jacket --
Maksim Gromov: a smoker who pockets his butts rather than throw them away --
Natalya Morar: a beautiful brunette with brown eyes --
Viktor Shenderovich: a man who laughs and gestures because he's sad --
Andrei Illarionov: a man who takes a detached view of everyone --
Garry Kasparov: the missing man --
Epilogue.