The old joke about the two main Soviet papers, Pravda ("Truth”) and Izvestia ("News”), was "There's no news in the Truth and no truth in the News!”. (Garry Kasparov)

The old joke about the two main Soviet papers, Pravda ("Truth”) and Izvestia ("News”), was "There's no news in the Truth and no truth in the News!”.

Garry Kasparov

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