Russia Plus Media

Here is a list of Web sites, listservs and Usenet newsgroups for those interested in Russia or news media. This list is by no means exhaustive. You will generally find that once you start down a path, the path branches off to many interesting "side trips."

Please send your suggestions and corrections to [email protected].

Russia plus media:

Commersant: One of Russia's first Western-style business newspapers is coming soon to the Net.
East View Publications: Provides searchable archives of the newspapers Sevodnya and Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and it has information about other publications as well.
GlasNews: Quarterly newsletter for Russian and American journalists, published by the Art Pattison Communications Exchange Program.
Internews: Based in Arcata, Calif., Internews is a nonprofit organization aimed at assisting independent broadcast media in the former Soviet Union.
Jamestown Foundation: This foundation publishes digests of media reports and analyses of developments in Russia. The Web site is currently under construction.
Kolo Information Server: OK, OK, so it's Ukrainian rather than Russian. But this Web site does feature Vechernij Kharkov, a Ukrainian newspaper displayed in Cyrillic.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta: This really is the foremost "Independent Newspaper" in Russia ... it pulls no punches in criticizing the government. The newspaper is displayed in Cyrillic, so set up your browser for KOI-8 fonts.
Novosti Nauki: News about technological developments in Russia, made available via a Japanese news service called Tokyo KaleidoScoop.
Open Media Research Institute: Successor to the RFE/RL Research Institute, OMRI prepares a daily digest of news gleaned from media reports in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Although some of RFE/RL's services have been taken over by OMRI, the Washington-based broadcast service still maintains its own Web site with news and background about Russian developments.
Russia-On-Line / Izvestia: An easy-to-use online service created by Sovam Teleport, drawing together lots of Russian resources - including Izvestia, one of Russia's most respected newspapers.
Russian Far East Update: Web version of monthly report on the economy and politics of the Russian Far East, published in Seattle.
Russian Literature on the Net: A treasure trove of links to publications in Russian, including newspapers as well as poetry and prose.
Russian Media: Another great listing of Russian media resources, maintained by Evgueni Broussilovski.
Russian Newspaper Collection: Russian newspapers available in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format, including Vecherniy Klub, presented by the Association for International Education.
Russica-Izvestia Information: All sorts of media databases, including Izvestia and the Russian Information Agency as well as Russian Press Digest. You can search by date and publication, and download the selected articles.
St. Petersburg Press: Web newspaper published weekly by the English-language newspaper in St. Petersburg, Russia, complete with classifieds.
Ukraine FAQ Plus: Information about Ukraine and the Ukrainian Diaspora.
Vesti: A Russian-language newspaper published in Canada.
Vladivostok News: Stories from Vladivostok's English-language newspaper, provided by TribWeb, online service of The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington.
Voice of Russia: English-language radio service from Russia, transmitted via RealAudio technology.
Vostok Rossii: East of Russia: Feature articles and pictures from Vladivostok's East Coast Group.

In and about Russia:

Center for Civil Society International: Information related to building civil societies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Friends & Partners: All sorts of information from and about Russia.
Gateway Travel: Australian travel agency provides information about Russia and Eastern Europe. Very commercially oriented, but some useful material on hotels and sightseeing.
GlasNet: GlasNet provides network services primarily for individuals and nongovernmental organizations throughout Russia.
Relcom: Considered the former Soviet Union's largest network access provider. Relcom's "Window to Russia" service is more specifically geared to international users.
Russian Fonts: Wide selection of freely distributable Cyrillic fonts for Macs and Windows machines.
Russian Marketplace: A directory of business opportunities in Russia, goods and services from Russia, as well as other ventures related to Russia and Russians.
Russia On-Line / Russian Trade Connection: Concentrates on business-related information relevant to Russia.
Seanet Russian Page: Brings together Russian-related resources, including visa information from the Russian Consulate in Seattle.
Sovam Teleport: Lots of resources from a Western-style network access provider.

Media:

A Reporter's Internet Survival Guide: Links to lots of resources and publications of interest to journalists.
Editor & Publisher: America's premier newspaper-industry publication goes online.
Freedom Forum: A foundation devoted to fostering press freedom in America and the world.
Global Network Navigator: Lots of interesting links, travel guides and other feature articles. One of the first Web publications.
HotWired: Magazine with an attitude covers the online world, and lets you talk back.
Internet Town Hall: Links to National Press Club speeches, the EDGAR database of financial information, and much, much more.
Journalism: The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Exhaustive collection of resources for journalists.
Microsoft Network: New kid on the block provides links to favorite sites, rich with graphics.
NewsLink: Lots of links to online publications, organized by category.
New York Times: Excellent Web news service, incorporating articles from America's newspaper of record as well as extra features for Netheads.
New York Times (Acrobat/Fax): Interesting use of Adobe Acrobat to provide the New York Times' eight-page fax version over the Internet.
Online-News Page: The Web is used to archive postings to the premier mailing list for people involved in the online news industry.
Poynter Institute for Media Studies: Guides to (and reports about) computer-assisted journalism, as well as lists to "hot sites" related to the news of the day.
RealAudio: RealAudio technology lets you listen to National Public Radio, ABC News and other audio information (even music) over the Internet.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet: The Library of Congress' Web site has the full text of all federal legislation as well as links to other government resources.
Video Online: Italy-based Internet service goes after a global market, including Russia.
Wall Street Journal Money & Investing Update: Updated financial news and information from the Journal - be sure to use Netscape.
White House: White House provides a gateway to all sorts of information from the U.S. government.

Searchers:

The Internet used to be thought of as the world's biggest library with all the books scattered helter-skelter on the floor. But Web searching programs allow you to find resources by typing in a keyword. In response, the programs sift through all the files in their memory and sends back a list of resources that match the keyword (or keywords). My favorite one is Lycos; other people swear by Yahoo or one of the others listed below. Yahoo includes a headline news service from Reuters.

Listservs:

Listservs help subscribers exchange information via e-mail, something like a bulletin board. When you send the specified message to the listserv address (using your first name and last name in the message), you become a subscriber and receive further instructions on how to use your listserv. Every message you send to the "list" address (for example, [email protected]) is broadcast to every subscriber.

E-EUROPE
Listserv: [email protected]
Message: subscribe e-europe Firstname Lastname
List: [email protected]
Information on doing business in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

FSUMedia
Listserv: [email protected]
Message: subscribe fsumedia Firstname Lastname
List: [email protected]
Information and discussion relating to media in the former Soviet Union.

INTCAR-L
Listserv: [email protected]
Message: subscribe intcar-l Firstname Lastname
List: [email protected]
Discussion of topics relating to international computer-assisted reporting.

OMRI-L
Listserv: [email protected]
Message: subscribe omri-l Firstname Lastname
List: (Not applicable. This listserv is only for distributing the Daily Digest, not for discussion.)
Sign up for delivery of the OMRI Daily Digest via e-mail.

Online-News
Listserv: [email protected]
Message: subscribe online-news
List: [email protected]
Very active discussion of issues related to the emerging online-news industry.

Usenet newsgroups:

alt.journalism                Discussion of journalism topics.
alt.current-events.russia     Current events in Russia.
relcom.comp.newmedia          Information relating to new media and Russia.
soc.culture.soviet            Discussion of the culture of the ex-USSR.

Last updated March 15, 1996
Webmaster: Alan Boyle