Argumenty i Fakty (Russian: "Аргументы и факты", commonly abbreviated "АиФ" - English: Arguments and Facts) is a weekly newspaper based in Moscow and a publishing house in Russia and worldwide. Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: , Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ... 1. ...

According to its own claim [1], it used to have the largest circulation in the world. In 1990 it had a print run of 33.5 million and was entered in the Guinness book of records. It was founded in 1978 by the Russian organisation "Knowledge" («3нание») to provide propagandists with statistical and other hard-to-find information. Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ...

In 1980 AiF was transformed into a weekly but was not in wide circulation. It was available only by subscription to a closed circle of political 'spinners'. After 1985, it was one of the leading publications in the Glasnost campaign. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... //   (Russian: IPA: ) is politics of maximal openness, transparency of activity of all official (governmental) institutes, and freedom of information. ...

External links

• (Russian) Official website
• (Russian) AiF history
• Argumenty i Fakty archive, digitized and fully searchable