I found a translation of the interview this article was derived from. It became clear to me that this was not an old man with inside information finally agreei

I found a translation of the interview this article was derived from. It became clear to me that this was not an old man with inside information finally agreeing to disclose it (as is kind of implied by the headline) but rather, is just a normal guy who's read some stuff, and believes it. Very different thing.