General

Christian Science Monitor
CNN

The New York Public Library: Brief Guide to Selected Internet Sites  Has links to newspapers in Russia and Eastern Europe.  You have to subscribe to many of them to view.
The New York Times  You must register, but no subscription fee.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Transitions Online  An online magazine and source of information on the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
The Washington Post
WorldWide News newspaper index  Excellent index site.  Allows you to search for newspapers by country.

Russia

Gazeta.ru  Gazeta.Ru is a leading online newspaper specializing in Russian and CIS issues, providing continuous and concise English news and analysis of the political, economic, corporate, media, and military developments affecting the region.
Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia  A nonprofit organization with offices in Washington, DC and six cities in the former Soviet Union. 

Jamestown Foundation's Trends in the News  Keep abreast of what's often not emphasized in international media. Track events and developments and pick out the trends. These lists of news and links are updated throughout the week. 
Moscow Times You must subscribe to it to view.
New Russia Barometer
Panorama  From its inception in 1989, Panorama has specialized in detailed reports on new political organizations and the views of their leaders.  Contains a large store of information on reform and civil society in the former Soviet Union, and is a useful resource on elections and the main parties and politicians.  Mainly in Russian, with some English.
Pravda  In Russian.
RIA-Novosti Russian Information Agency
Russia Today
Russian Elections links:

Russian Duma Elections 1999  Maintained by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Moscow Center. It features an election calendar, information about political parties and blocs, polling data, and relevant links.
Russian Election Watch bulletin  Created by the Harvard Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project
Russiavotes.com  A joint project of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy (University of Strathclyde) and the Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research (VCIOM)

Russian Radio Stations  Links to Russian radio stations on the internet in Real Audio format.
Russian Television Networks Live Programming on the Web:  Channel 6, Moscow ; Channel 11, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (broadcasts entirely in Russian)
St. Petersburg Times  Published twice a week.

Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova

Den' (The Day)  Ukrainian daily newspaper, in Ukrainian, English, or Russian.
The Kyiv Post  English-language Ukrainian newspaper.
Minsk News  English-language newspaper from Belarus.
Ukraine Today  Weekly, in Ukrainian, English, or Russian.

The Baltic States

The Baltic Times  Weekly pan-Baltic newspaper in English.
Eesti Ekspress  Weekly, in Estonian.
Latvijas vestnesis  In Latvian.
Lietuvos rytas  Daily, in Lithuanian.
Postimees  Daily, in Estonian.

Caucasus and Central Asia

The Armenian Reporter International  English-language weekly, published in New York.  You must register and subscribe to view full articles.

Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst  A biweekly briefing put out by Johns Hopkins University's Central Asia-Caucasus Institute

EurasiaNet  EurasiaNet provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.
The Tajikistan Update news sources for Central Asia  A good long list of links. 

Central and Eastern Europe

Adevarul  In Romanian, from Bucharest.

Romanian Press Review in English and Romanian.
Central Europe Online
The Electronic New Presence  A weekly Internet publication covering politics, society and culture in Central Europe (Austria, the Baltic states, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia).
Nepszabadsag  In Hungarian.
News about Bulgaria on the Internet  Summaries of Bulgarian news reports from the independent Bulgarian news agency Internews.
The Prague Post General interest English-language weekly newspaper from the Czech Republic.
The Warsaw Voice Poland's general interest English-language weekly newspaper.

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