That report is entirely plausible but totally hearsay, IIRC, and could easily have been written after the fact.
I have spent a great part of my 80+ years dealing with legal facts and fiction. As I mentioned I have the initial/original FR presentations by the Fresno man. It was presented as a first person experience. Putting other known info, old and recent in USA-Russian relations, together with this man’s statements in FR I believe his account to be very plausible/believable. Contrary to your beliefs on the facts I believe that given the dates and events given are not hearsay and mesh in time as would be expected as to a previous event. I recognize that people have different thoughts and opinions as to the Obama story.