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Komsomolskaya Pravda is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper, first published on the 24th of May 1925. It was established as the official organ of the Komsomol, the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, following a decision of the 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party. It is published in tabloid format by Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda.
The largest owner of Komsomolskaya Pravda is Sergei Rudnov, son of the founder of the Baltic Media Group, who indirectly controls 45 percent. Before 2011, the paper was controlled by Media Partner, which was owned by ESN Group, an energy company led by Grigory Berezkin. In December 2000, the Norwegian media company A-Pressen also bought 25 percent plus one share.
Komsomolskaya Pravda reached its highest circulation in 1990, when it sold nearly 22 million daily copies. By 2001, that figure had fallen to 785,000 daily copies. In March 2008, the NCS independently certified a circulation of 660,000.
Komsomolskaya Pravda published a front-page article in January 2015 claiming the United States orchestrated the Charlie Hebdo shooting. In 2021, the paper published accusations by former Kontinental Hockey League coach Andrei Nazarov against New York Rangers player Artemi Panarin. The Rangers condemned those claims as a "fabrication" and an "intimidation tactic" connected to Panarin's public support for Alexei Navalny.
Vladimir Sungorkin, editor in chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda since 1997, died in September 2022. The official cause of death was a stroke. His death came during a period in which several Russian journalists, businesspeople, and oligarchs died in circumstances that drew sustained public attention.
According to the European Commission, Vladimir Putin considers Komsomolskaya Pravda his favorite newspaper. The paper ranked as the top-selling newspaper in Russia in 2006 and was named the most-read paper in the country by TNS Gallup Media in 2008.