Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rinat Akhmetshin
has substantial coverage prior to this months revelations; sample: this 2007 book https://books.google.com/books?id=JUQyefbj9iAC&pg=PA366&dq=%22Rinat+Akhmetshin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipu_n3vIzVAhVE4yYKHc9_BfIQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22Rinat%20Akhmetshin%22&f=false ''The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea''. Not a  situation for sure
— User:K, 23:50, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO1E (Wikipedia:Notability)