 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwenguva yake mune iri basa, kuoneka kukuru kwaSurkov kuruzhinji uye mune vezvenhau vekunze kwaive semutauriri wehukama hweveruzhinji weKremlin. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2000, akasimbisa kuti Gazprom yaizotenga Vladimir Gusinskys Media-Most, iyo panguva iyoyo yaive yega yakazvimiririra, yenyika yese Russian terevhizheni chiteshi, NTV. Muna September 2002, akataura achimiririra Kremlin kuti vakanga vasarudza kusadzorera chifananidzo chomuvambi weKGB Felix Dzerzhinsky chakanga chabviswa pakuparara kweSoviet Unionmuna 1991. Mushure mesarudzo dzeRussian Duma dza2003, apo bato remutungamiri reUnited Russia rakawana zvigaro zvakawanda pa37.6, Surkov akapa mhinduro yeKremlin nechido, achiti Tiri kurarama muRussia itsva zvino. 