 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kusvika pakati pemakore ekuma1970 Brezhnev akanga avaka hwaro hwesimba hwakasimba zvakakwana kuti ave mutungamiri. Maererano nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Ilya Zemtsov, munyori we Chernenko: The Last Bolshevik: The Soviet Union on the Eve of Perestroika, Kosygin akatanga kurasikirwa nesimba ne24th Party Congress muna 1971 iyo kwenguva yokutanga yakazivisa nzira yePolitburo inotungamirirwa naBrejnev. Pamwe chete nokuderedza chinzvimbo chaKosygin, Brezhnev akafamba kuti asimbise kubata kweParty pahurongwa hweHurumende, achideredza chinzvimbo chaKosygin. Wezvenhau Robert Wesson, munyori weLenins Legacy: The Story of the CPSU, anotaura kuti mushumo wezvemari waKosygin ku25th Party Congresszvakatonongedzera zvakajeka zvikuru kumugumo wokurwisana pakati paBrezhnev naKosygin. Kosygin akatozosundirwa parutivi apo Brezhnev akabudisa mabhuku ake okuyeuka, ayo akataura kuti Brezhnev, kwete Kosygin, ndiye akanga achitungamirira zvisarudzo zvose zvikuru zvoupfumi. Kuita kuti zvinhu zviwedzere kuipa nokuda kwaKosygin, Brezhnev akavharira kurukurirano ipi neipi yemberi pamusoro peshanduko yezvemari mukati mebato uye hurumende yehurumende, uye mashoko pamusoro peshanduko ya1965 akadzvinyirirwa. 