Alexander Goldfarb said the book "would haunt Putin the way the image of the killed Tsarevich haunted Boris Godunov." According to Oleg Gordievsky, "For clues as to who wanted Alexander Litvinenko dead, you need look no farther than his book Blowing Up Russia" Sunday Times described the book as "A vivid condemnation of the Putin regime".
Alexander Goldfarb asserted that the book would have a similar impact on Putin as the image of the murdered Tsarevich had on Boris Godunov. Oleg Gordievsky suggested, "To understand who killed Alexander Litvinenko, you should study his book Blowing Up Russia." The Sunday Times described it as "A scathing indictment of the Putin administration."