"For some reason, the two trashiest and most vicious Moscow tabloids today used to be Young Communist..."

"For some reason, the two trashiest and most vicious Moscow tabloids today used to be Young Communist publications in the Soviet era: the Komsomol Truth and the Moscow Komsomolets. Neither has changed its old title ("Komsomol" un-portmanteaus into "Union of Communist Youth") or logo, which in the case of the Truth incorporated an Order of Lenin. Except now Lenin presided over such items as "Fresh Pix of Planet's Hottest Butt.""

- My Two Days as a Russian Tabloid Sensation | The Awl