After googling I only found a quote from Rick that he was friends with Igor
https://skeptiko.com/rick-archer-buddha-at-the-gas-pump/
QuoteI particularly like a good friend of mine, Igor Kufayev, who’s Uzbekistanian and we’ve become good personal friends and have gotten together at a conference and all. I did two interviews with him.
and a text from Kufayev's sangha
https://igorkufayev.b
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