 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kudzvinyirirwa kwevanopikisa kwaisanganisira zvirongwa zvokuremadza mutambi Rudolf Nureyev, uyo akanga apanduka muna 1961. Kune vamwe vanodavira kuti Andropov akanga ari seri kworufu rwaFyodor Kulakov naPyotr Masherov, nhengo mbiri duku zvikurusa dzokutungamirira kweSoviet. Gwaro rakabudiswa pachena rakaratidza kuti Andropov somutungamiriri weKGB akapa murayiro wokudzivisa kuungana kusina mvumo kwokuchema rufu rwaJohn Lennon. 