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Konstantin Rykov's pro-Trump efforts finally made the New York Times!
It's just a short piece in a long story--and it doesn't go into detail regarding his astonishingly brash and detailed alleged confessions-- but it's at least some recognition by major media of him being a player.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/20/us/politics/russia-interference-election-trump-clinton.html
For some years, Mr. Trump had attracted attention from Russian conservatives with Kremlin ties. A Putin ally named Konstantin Rykov had begun promoting Mr. Trump as a future president in 2012 and created a Russian-language website three years later to support his candidacy. A Russian think tank, Katehon, had begun running analyses pushing Mr. Trump.
I broke it here first at DU in July 2017:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029322103
And I've been looking into Rykov ever since. My five part introspective:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210416264
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210416302
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210430029
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210567354
https://www.democraticunderground.org/100210567386