2007年10月，切尔克索夫(现在是最为不为人所知以及权力强大的部门联邦反毒品局局长)发表了另一篇文章，痛斥其同僚的堕落。 他抱怨说，武士变成了商人。
In October 2007, Cherkesov (now chief of one of the most obscure and powerful services, the Federal Anti-Drug Administration) published another essay in which he lamented his colleagues’ degradation: warriors had turned into traders, he complained.