At the start of the controversy in 2002, numerous articles on the subject were published in worldwide media, such as the New York Times,[REF] the Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, The Economist, and The Chronicle of Higher Education,[REF] as well as Pravda, Die Zeit[REF] and Le Monde.[REF] .
In October 2004, a journalist from Ciel et Espace interviewed Shahn Majid of Queen Mary, University of London about his report on Grichka Bogdanov's thesis.