I also did a bit of lite research. sf.indy and salon cite each other as sources with no outside verification.
The tbrnews site credits Novosti, which is a Russian news source. I could find no mention of this story on their site. Of course, their search function is down, but I could find nothing on their main page.
I'm with Carno in doubting this is true. Could it be true? Possibly, but a little difficult to cover up. Somebody would have leaked something by now.
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