What makes these observations even more poignant is the fact that this paper used to be the most prominent in USSR times and AFAIK is still one of the major one

What makes these observations even more poignant is the fact that this paper used to be the most prominent in USSR times and AFAIK is still one of the major ones in Russia. Also, the mix of such content and the paper's name, which translates to "truth", is rather ironic.