At University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

International and Area Studies Library

Slavic Reference Service

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Slavic Review

Illinois International Programs

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Other Centers and Sources

Reference Sources for Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia Region

REEES National Resource Centers and Area Studies Centers

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News and Analysis

Russia

• News
  • Gazeta.ru: In Russian
  • Meduza: In English and Russian
  • The Moscow Times: In English
  • TASS: In English and Russian
  • RIA-Novosti: In Russian
• Polls
  • New Russia Barometer
  • Levada Center: In English and Russian
  • Russiavotes.com
• Analysis
  • Johnson’s Russia List: Curates English-language about Russian foreign policy, domestic politics, and economics. Published by George Washington University.
  • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia
  • Jamestown Foundation: Trends in the News: List articles from the organizations various publications, including the China Brief and the Eurasia Daily Monitor.
  • Carnegie Moscow Center: In English and Russian.
  • Russian International Affairs Council: In English and Russian.
  • The Calvert Journal: Focuses on the art and culture of Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans, and Central Asia.
  • Sean’s Russia Blog: A weekly podcast about Eurasian politics, history, and culture. Published by the University of Pittsburgh.

Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova

• News
  • Kyiv Post: In English.
  • Unian: In Enlgish, Ukrainian, and Russian.
  • Den’ (The Day): In English, Ukrainian, and Russian.
  • Belarus News: In English, Belarusian, and Russian.
  • Nasha Niva: In Belarusian and Russian.
• Analysis
  • Euromaidan Press: In English.
  • RFE/RL: Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova
  • The Odessa Review: A bi-monthly English-language magazine about contemporary Ukrainian culture, politics, and society.

The Baltic States

• News
  • The Baltic Times: In English.
  • Postimees: In Estonian.
  • Eesti Ekspress: In Estonian.
  • Latvijas vestnesis: In Latvian.
  • Lietuvos rytas: In Lithuanian.

Central and Eastern Europe

• News
  • EIN: Central Europe Online
  • Gazeta Wyborcza: In Polish.
  • The Warsaw Voice: In English.
  • Radio Prague: In English, Czech, and Russian.
  • Adevarul: In Romanian.
  • The Romania Journal: In English.

Southeastern Europe

• News
  • Blic: In Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian.
  • Novi List: In Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian.
• Analysis
  • RFE/RL: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia
  • BalkanInsight: In English.
  • BalkanAnalysis: In English.

Caucasus and Central Asia

• News
  • Kavkazskii Uzel (Caucasian Knot): In English and Russian.
  • The Georgian Times: In English and Georgian.
  • Aravot (Morning): In English, Armenian, and Russian.
  • The Times of Central Asia: In English.
• Analysis
  • RFE/RL: North Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • RFE/RL: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
  • EurasiaNet: News and political analysis focused on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the “Eurasian Fringe,” which includes China, Iran, and the Middle East.

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Popular Culture

Radio

• Listenlive.eu: European radio stations streaming online.

Movies

• The 50 Greatest Russian Movies
• The 11 Best Contemporary Russian Movies
• Mosfilm on YouTube
• Soviet and Russian Movies in English Online: A subscription service that provides access to hundreds of Soviet and Russian movies with English subtitles.
• Eastern European Movies: A subscription service that provides access to Eastern European movies with English subtitles.