Russian Newspapers and Journals Online

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• East View Universal Database of Russian Newspapers (MSU only) This is a searchable database of the full text of more than fifty Russian newspapers. Most of them are in Russian, but a few are in English. Newspapers are available the same day they hit the newsstand in Russia, and the archive goes back at least to 1996 (some titles earlier.) The database is searchable in English, Russian (cyrillic) or transliterated Russian (Library of Congress transliteration), but best results are by searching in the cyrillic alphabet. A Russian keyboard is included with the database, or you can use your own.
  
  
• Lexis-Nexis Academic (MSU only)

This resource is known more for its use as a legal resource, but its News section is a good source for English-language news updates.  World News will allow searches of North American, Asian, European, and Middle East/African news sources in English.  All kinds of news reports are included: from sports to entertainment to politics and religion.To search for daily or weekly news updates: use keywords to identify your topic, then select European News Sources from Sources.  Under Date, the pull down menu will allow you to choose today's news or news from the past week; you can also select certain dates to search.  This last feature is important because if you are searching for news on a specific event, and you know approximately when it took place, you can enter those dates in your search and get better results.
 
• World News Connection (MSU Only)
  Electronic continuation of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service reports, going back to 1996. Includes translations of radio and television broadcasts as well as translations of Internet versions of news sources.  Be sure to click "exit" as a courtesy to other users when finished with the database, as only a few people can access it at the same time.
  
  
• Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (MSU Only)

Available through Lexis Nexis Academic Universe or via the Library Citrix server.  Best for news on all parts of the former Soviet Union, the Current Digest translates important Russian newspaper articles into English. The CD-Rom version contains the complete text of every translation appearing in "The Current Digest..." in the years 1982-1998.

• Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Online version of the popular Russian newspaper. In Russian only. Has an archive.
• Itogi
  Media Most weekly news magazine. Archive of issues goes back to March 2000 (as of 5/2002). In Russian.
• Iskusstvo kino  Important Russian film journal, in print since the 1930s.  The online archive goes back to 1998:1
• Segodnia

Media Most daily that ceased in April 2001. Online archive has issues from 2000 and 2001. In Russian.
• Izvestia

Daily news in Russian. Archive searching requires subscription.
• Moskovskie Novosti

A weekly newspaper, the Russian language edition has an electronic version free online. The archive currently goes back to May, 2000.
• Znamia

Literary journal in Russian only. Archive of issues goes back to 1996.
• Novyi Mir

Literary journal in Russian only. Archive goes back to 1995. Also features an index to the contents of Novyi Mir from 1926-1999.
• Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Reports:
  Russia Page Search Server: Allows searches of various RFE/RL reports, including Newsline and the Russian Federation Report. Searching can be done in English or in Russian via the Radio Svoboda page.
• RFE/RL Newsline

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