Pooping in the Soviet Union - it really is different.

I was scuba diving and talking to a fellow diver, a pilot.  He took out a some rough paper roll and told me he had just returned from the Soviet Union.  He grabbed a roll of toilet paper.  It was kind of like mild sand paper.  Their butts must be like leather with that paper we joked.  I forgot about the Soviet Union and pooping until I came across this article.

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/2/4/5377880/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-bathroom-toilets-poopin