Robert Scheer (June 3, 1990). "Georgi Arbatov : A Kremlin Insider as an Independent Critic". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Quote: "Q: How important is anti-Semitism? During your campaign for the People’s Congress you experienced some anti-Semitic attacks because your father was Jewish. A: It is at present not a strong force. These elections have shown that. Would I be absolutely not Jewish they would attack me anyway. They attack many people. like (Yegor) Yakovlev, (editor of the Moscow News) like (Vitaly) Korotich (editor of Ogonyok) as Jewish who are not Jewish at all."
Robert Scheer (June 3, 1990). "Georgi Arbatov : A Kremlin Insider as an Independent Critic". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Quote: "Q: How important is anti-Semitism? During your campaign for the People’s Congress you experienced some anti-Semitic attacks because your father was Jewish. A: It is at present not a strong force. These elections have shown that. Would I be absolutely not Jewish they would attack me anyway. They attack many people. like (Yegor) Yakovlev, (editor of the Moscow News) like (Vitaly) Korotich (editor of Ogonyok) as Jewish who are not Jewish at all."
"Georgi Arbatov obituary". The Guardian. October 18, 2010. Quote: "Born in Kherson, in what is now southern Ukraine, Arbatov suffered the disadvantage of having a Jewish father,.."