来自莫斯科的报道（1998年7月9日）：

俄国柴科夫斯基大奖赛24个决赛选手名单已公布，Sultanov由于风格古怪被淘汰。

Tchaikovsky competition shuns extravagancy

9 July 1998 Moscow News Copyright (c) 1998 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company.

A list of 24 finalists for Russia's Tchaikovsky competition has been released. However, Alexei Sultanov has been left off the list because of his eccentric ways.