"During my childhood there was no domestic antisemitism in Leningrad at all; only after the war I learned that somebody considered me a Jew (I'm quarter-Jewish by birth), as it turned out I wasn't quite fitting for such responsible task as visiting the Stalin's funeral with a delegation".Interview by Moskovskij Komsomolets, March 4, 2005 (in Russian)
«Двойняшки, свои в шахматную доску». Московский комсомолец. 2005 թ․ մարտի 4. «Восемь месяцев назад Марк Евгеньевич стал отцом сразу двоих детей — двойняшек Маши и Димы»