My Strange, Seductive Stint as the Hugh Hefner of Moscow

Update: 2022-09-16

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As a disillusioned cub reporter, I jumped at the bizarro job of a lifetime: editor-in-chief of Playboy Russia when nouveau riche Moscow was a hedonistic playground of sex, drugs, and early-stage capitalism — until Putin’s rise brought my reign to a screeching halt.

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My Strange, Seductive Stint as the Hugh Hefner of Moscow

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My Strange, Seductive Stint as the Hugh Hefner of Moscow