Region: Russia


Extra!: Cold War on Their Minds: In Georgia, invasion-loving pundits rediscover international law (Update October 2008) By Peter Hart

CounterSpin: Helena Cobban on Russia/Georgia conflict, Iyanna Jones on black radio's 'Disappearing Voices' (8/15/08)

Media Advisory: Georgia/Russia Conflict Forced Into Cold War Frame (8/14/08)

CounterSpin: Gloria Feldt on abortion ruling, David Kotz on Boris Yeltsin (4/27/07)

Counterspin: Stephen F. Cohen on Russia Danielle Worthy on voting rights and the black press (9/17/04)

Extra!: When the Victims Are Far Away: A very different media response to Moscow bombings (November/December 2001) By Seth Ackerman

Extra!: Harvard's 'Best and Brightest' Aided Russia's Economic Ruin: Institute that advised 'reform' fed corruption (January/February 2000) By Sam Husseini and Janine R. Wedel

Extra!: The Case of the Disappearing Elections: Why Didn't the Press Bark When Yeltsin Forgot Vote? (November/December 1994) By Sasha Abramsky

Economy Extra!: Are All Yeltsin Critics "Hard-Line" -- Or Is That Just the U.S. Media's Party Line? (January/February 1994) By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon

Extra!: Uncritical Coverage of the '2nd Russian Revolution' (November/December 1991) By Margaret Quigley

Extra!: U.N.-Reliable Figures (May/June 1991)

Extra!: Invasion Newspeak: U.S. & USSR (December 1989) By Noam Chomsky

Extra!: KAL 007 and Iran Air 655: Comparing the Coverage (July/August 1988) By Norman Solomon



Links:

The eXile, Moscow's English-language alternative.

Transitions Online magazine, news and analysis of politics and culture in the former Soviet Union—with links to regional media.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, news and analysis about the former Soviet Union.

ITAR-TASS, Russia's central state information agency, the successor to the USSR's TASS.

Survival International, extensive news and background on the indigenous struggles of Russia.

world-newspapers.com, Russian news sites in English.