Historian Robert Wesson, the author of Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the CPSU, notes that Kosygin's economic report to the 25th Party Congress "pointed even more clearly to the end of struggle" between Brezhnev and Kosygin.
Historikeren Robert Wesson, forfatteren til Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the CPSU, understreger, at Kosygins økonomiske rapport til kommunistpartiets 25. kongres "pegede mere klart mod afslutningen af magtkampen" mellem Bresjnev og Kosygin.