Many years later, in 2015, Tarasov gave an interview where he confirmed what many had thought in 1992, his kidney failure was caused by a botched blood transfusion.
mˈɛni jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ, ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈɪftiːn, tˈæɹɐsˌɑːv ɡˈeɪv ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː wˌɛɹ hiː kənfˈɜːmd wʌt mˈɛni hæd θˈɔːt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː, hɪz kˈɪdni fˈeɪlɪɹ wʌz kˈɔːzd baɪ ɐ bˈɑːtʃt blˈʌd tɹænsfjˈuːʒən.