Sites about Russian language and culture

We ♥ Moscow
Michael Tantsura [en]
Local news, event announcements and stories about Moscow. For those who aim to come to Moscow for the first time, the website made several guides about the city, it’s transport system, hotels, flat rentals, airports and so on.

Institute of Modern Russia
Pavel Kodorkovsky [en]
Non-profit organisation striving for respect for human rights, the rule of law, and civil society in Russia. President Pavel Khodorkovsky is the son of the probably better known Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Russia Beyond the Headlines
Rossiyskaya Gazeta [en and 16 other languages]
Russia Beyond the Headlines is a multilingual news and information resource that offers news, comments, opinion and analysis on culture, politics, business, science, and public life in Russia. It publishes print supplements in 26 influential international newspapers in 16 different languages in 23 countries of the world. Although it is sponsored by the state owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta, it is rather independent.

Новая Газета
Novaya Gazeta [en]
Novaya Gazeta is the only truly independent Russian newspaper in Russia. The former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev used the money he earned with his Nobel Peace Prize to help set up the Novaya Gazeta in 1993 and to purchase its first computers. Six Novaya Gazeta journalists, including Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered since 2001, in connection with their investigations.

The Moscow Times
Independent magazine [en]
The Moscow Times is the leading English daily newspaper in Moscow, distributed for free in hotels, cafés and restaurants, as well as by subscription. It was my main source of information when I was living there. Since it is an independent newspaper, its website is occasionally inaccessible for unknown reasons. The paper belongs to the Finnish media group Sanoma.

The Saint Petersburg Times
Independent magazine [en]
The Petersburg sister magazine of The Moscow Times.

The Moscow News
State operated magazine [en]
This English language magazine which was also distributed for free in the Moscow hotels, cafes and restaurants was once owned by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Now it is part of the RIA Novosti media holding and as such came under direct control of the Kremlin. In December 2013, president Vladimir Putin issued a decree to liquidate RIA Novosti and the state-run radio station Golos Rossii (The Voice of Russia) and create a new information agency by combining the two. As a result, The Moscow News announced on March 14, 2014 that it had temporarily ceased updating materials on its news website and «hoped to be operating soon again» which, so far, hasn't happened yet.

Голос России
The Voice of Russia [en]
English language web version of the above-mentioned state-run radio station Голос России (Voice of Russia).

Спутник
Sputnik (previously RIA Novosti) [en]
English language version of the RIA Novosti media holding, now presented under the name Sputnik.

Moskwood Media
Russian films [en] [nl]
Distributor of original Russian films on DVD with English and Dutch subtitles.

Prospekt
Stichting Prospekt [nl]
Magazine with a broad and open interest in all aspects of the Russian society.

Russie Info
Maureen Demidoff [fr]
A general information magazine on Russia and the lives of francophones in Russia. The editing board is independent and free to choose the authors, the subjects and their treatment.

Les petites analyses
Johan Creeten [fr]
Les Petites Analyzes is a site that offers French-speaking readers the opportunity to rediscover Russian literature.

Infoplease - Russia
Family Education Network [en]
Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938, first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet.