Igor Markin visits Ilya Kabakov (art4-ru, in Russian):

A visit to Ilya Kabakov
Let's begin with this
that all evening I was sick from the fish
carefully prepared by Emilia Kabakova

(...)

before asking for $350,000 in sponsorship money
the Master's niece showed me what they are doing
tens of carefully-made maquettes for monuments and installations.
Their business today
is to take part in competitions
and carry out large scale projects
worth several millions of $, in the event of winning.
The projects aren't bad on the whole
but they are not made for the sake of creating a masterpiece
but for the sake of the winning itself.

Amongst what I saw:

1. Wings, like those in my collection,
they are made in a series (поточно) by two hired helps
it's hard to imagine what the total edition is.

2. In the store, several Stools, like the ones I have,
issued as an extra edition of 5, making ten in all, and maybe more.

(...)

They also promised to give a lecture at the Museum in August
- just don't get upset about the 350 thou.

UPDATE: I understand that the Kabakovs' recollection of this meeting is at complete variance with Markin's. UPDATE 2: Emilia Kabakov's reply to Markin.