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May 31, 2017 at 0:23	comment	added	d.k		okay, I understood. You think that it is likely that he heard of the story. I think that this is unlikely. It's all speculation
May 30, 2017 at 23:53	comment	added	sempaiscuba		It was certainly reported here in the UK, but I wouldn't know about the state of the Russian media in 1992. Were they picking up stories from western media? Either way, Ogarkov certainly remained a fairly public figure to the end. He was highly, and publicly critical of the failed coup by the Generals in 1991, and presumably would have maintained his contacts with the media after that. I think it likely that a story in the NYT that mentioned him so prominently would have been brought to his attention.
May 30, 2017 at 23:36	comment	added	d.k		and the story was quite widely reported elsewhere? Where exactly? This is the first time I hear about this citation. A query in Google with an approximate translation at least by keywords from the citation: "огарков мы не сможем сравняться с американским оружием" gives nothing. So how could it be widely reported and remain no trace in the Russian segment of the web? I doubt Ogarkov ever heard of this story, to challenge its veracity.
May 30, 2017 at 14:14	history	answered	sempaiscuba	CC BY-SA 3.0