http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5DF957E644C4F
Top Russian official Valentin Yumashev tells the BBC how the former KGB officer was selected.
https://www.mk.ru/politics/2019/12/17/stalin-i-my-optimizaciya-rossii.html
https://www.rosbalt.ru/blogs/2019/12/16/1818548.html
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/inozemni-ahenty-v-rosii-platytymut-shtrafy/30328778.html