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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Events
  • Russia Post-Election Briefing (March 2004)
    Audeo and text of the post-election briefing with Carnegie Senior Associates Andrew Kuchins, Lilia Shevtsova, Alexei Malashenko, and Anders Aslund.
    "Shevtsova will start with the domestic political conclusions, Aslund will discuss the economic policy agenda in Putin's second term, Malashenko will speak on Russian nationalism, terrorism and Chechnya, and Kuchins will analyze what the presidential elections mean for Russia's foreign policy and international relations."
  • Russia After December Elections and U.S.-Russian Relations (January 2004)
    "A presentation by The Honorable Alexander Vershbow, Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation."
  • Russia, the Persian Gulf and World Oil Supplies (February 2003)
    Presentation by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chairman and CEO of the Russian oil company Yukos. Read the transcript and see the slides.
• Publications
  • America's Anti-Terrorist Campaign and Russia's Choice
    By Dmitri Trenin, September, 2001.
  • "A Report Card on the Department of Energy's Non-Proliferation
    Programs with Russia" (January 2001) [.pdf]
    • Appendices [.pdf]
  • "Russia's Nuclear and Missile Complex: The Human Factor in Proliferation"
    By Valentin Tikhonov, April 2001.

Carnegie Moscow Center - (dead link)

• Press Conference with Moscow Carnegie Center Official Aleksei Malashenko - (dead link)
  "The Islamic Threat. Myth or Reality." - 09/10/01
• Islam in the Post-Soviet Newly Independent States: The View from Within (Full-text in Russian - Contents and summary in English)
  Edited by Alexei Malashenko and Martha Brill Olcott

The Comprehensive Russian Computer Dictionary English-Russian / Russian-English

Constitution - (dead link) - Adopted Dec. 12, 1993 (In English)

Constitution (In Russian)

International Monetary Fund

• "Determinants of Barter in Russia: An Empirical Analysis" (2000) [.pdf]

Forest Bulletin
By Russian NGOs Forest Club

George Washington University - The National Security Archive
"...an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

• U.S. Intelligence on Russian and Chinese Nuclear Testing Activities, 1990-2000
  Prospects of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Led China to Accelerate Testing Schedule
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 200.
  Edited by Jeffrey Richelson, September 2006.
• The Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev
  Former Top Soviet Adviser's Journal Chronicles Final Year of the Cold War
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 192, May 2006.
• The Kissinger Telcons: The Dobrynin File
  "Happy Birthday" Henry Kissinger
  "This selection of documents focuses on one of the most important groups of documents in the newly released Kissinger telcons--the record of high-level diplomacy with the chief representative of the number one adversary, Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin."
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 123, May 2004.
  Edited by Dr. Svetlana Savranskaya.
• The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 76
  Edited by Malcolm Byrne, November 4, 2002
  "...is the first attempt to put together a major collection of these new materials, in addition to the significant number of items that appear here for the first time in any language, in a single volume. In all, the book consists of 120 documents and totals 598 pages."
• The September 11th Sourcebooks
  National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
  • Volume II: Afghanistan- Lessons from the Last War (October 9, 2001)
    "...Archive experts John Prados and Svetlana Savranskaya draw on declassified records and the memoirs of former Soviet officials to examine Soviet policymaking, military operations, and lessons learned from the last war in Afghanistan, a bloody, ten-year conflict that pitted Soviet military forces against CIA-backed Afghan rebels."

Global Forest Watch
"...an international data and mapping network that combines on-the-ground knowledge with digital technology to provide accurate information about the world's forests."

• Publications
  • The Last Intact Forest Landscapes of Northern European Russia - (dead link) [.pdf]

Human Rights Watch

• The 'Dirty War' in Chechnya: Forced Disappearances, Torture, and Summary Executions (March 2001)

KURSK Lifting Operation (English or Russian)
An Operation to Lift the Nuclear Submarine
Includes: News ; Details ; Dossier ; The Crew ; Illustrations

Managing the Digital Future of Libraries: Proceedings - (dead link) (English or Russian)
Conference proceedings from the Moscow, April 2000 international meeting, includes over 50 papers from speakers representing over 20 countries

• The Moscow Manifesto - (dead link)

National [U.S.] Academy Press (free online versions)

• 2006
  • Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop
    By Glenn E. Schweitzer and A. Chelsea Sharbers, Editors, Committee on Counterterrorism, Challenges for Russia and the United States, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council, in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2006.
  • U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism
    Committee on Opportunities for U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council, 2006.
• 2005
  • An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility -- Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop
    By Glenn E. Schweitzer and A. Chelsea Sharber, Editors, Committee on the Scientific Aspects of an International Spent Fuel Repository in Russia, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2005.
  • Protection, Control, and Accounting of Nuclear Materials
    International Challenges and National Programs -- Workshop Summary.
    Christopher Eldridge, Editor, Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, 2005.
• 2004
  • Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S. - Russian Workshop Proceedings
    Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, 2004.
  • Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Report of a Joint Workshop
    U.S. National Academies Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Russian Academy of Sciences Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, 2004.
• 2002
  • High-Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop - (dead link)
    Committee on Confronting Terrorism in Russia, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council in Cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002.
  • Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop
    Committee on Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, In cooperation with the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia, 2002.
• 2001
  • The Role of Environmental NGOs--Russian Challenges, American Lessons: Proceedings of a Workshop
    Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations in Russia, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council, 2001.
• 2000
  • Swords into Market Shares: Technology, Economies, and Security in the New Russia
    By Glenn E. Schweitzer (2000)

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs - Centre for Russian Studies
"Our main information channel is a huge and continuously updated database containing comprehensive information on the development in Russia."

Post-Soviet Armies Newsletter

Post-Soviet Media Law and Policy Newsletter

Russia - A Country Study
Online text.
Library of Congress - Area Studies - Area Handbook Series

Russia in Global Affairs

• Islam, the Way We See It
  By Alexei Malashenko, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, October-December 2006.

Russia Votes
A joint project of: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research (VCIOM)

Russian Archives Online
"...is an online collection of Russian and Soviet-related archives and other sources of film footage, photographs, illustrations, and audio, along with supporting documents and text."

• The Russian State Documentary Film & Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk (RGAKFD)
• The Russian State Archive of Scientific & Technical Documents in Moscow (RGANTD)
• The Russian State Museum of Oriental Art
• The Baikal Museum Complex (Lake Baikal)
• The Hoover Institution's Russian Collection at Stanford University
• The Russian-American Center of San Francisco
• Abamedia's Film Archive
• The Russian Information Agency Novosti

The Russian Economy
Includes full text of their books Fixing Russia's Banks and

From Predation to Prosperty

by Michael S. Bernstam and Alvin Rabushka, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Russian Regional Report
Weekly updates on political and social developments in the 89 regions of the Russian Federation.

R - (dead link)ussian-Studies discussion list - (dead link)
"This list is for members of the UK academic community studying all aspects of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe."

Siberia Diary
A Month-Long Journey with Robert G. Kaiser and Lucian Perkins
"The Post's Robert G. Kaiser and Lucian Perkins spent the month of August 2001 on a 3,700 mile journey across Siberia, reporting almost daily on the people, culture and natural resources of Russia's most abundant region.
From Washingtonpost.com

Siberian Digital Photo Collection
"This digital collection of Siberian scenes is presented by the UC Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE and the UC Berkeley Slavic Collections." - late 19th century."

Toronto Slavic Quarterly - (dead link)
Academic Electronic Journal in Slavic Studies
"The aim of this Internet journal is to create a resource for Slavists- primarily those concerned with literature and culture-that will reflect the range of contemporary scholarship in areas of interest to them and, taking advantage of the speed and convenience of the Internet, inform readers about academic resources and current events in the scholarly world.
- Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto

Vestnik :Russian American Russian Language Magazine

Washingtonpost.com - Siberia Diary (August 2001)
"The Post's Robert G. Kaiser and Lucian Perkins spent the month of August 2001 on a 3,700 mile journey across Siberia, reporting almost daily on the people, culture and natural resources of Russia's most abundant region."

Zameki po evreyskoy istorii
A scholarly Russian-language Jewish electronic journal.

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