Russian newspapers and magazines

Title in Russian: Эксперт
Title in English: The Expert
Description: Ekspert is one of the most widespread Russian magazines. It deals mostly with political and economical issues. Besides weekly news, the magazine publishes reports and dossiers about specific issues.
Language: Russian
Archive: since 2005, freely available

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Title in Russian: Известия
Title in English: News
Description: Izvestiya is a widedpread Russian quality newspaper that existed already in Soviet Times. Gazprom Media is now one of its main stake holder. Full text articles since 2001 are freely available.
Language: Russian
Archive: since 2001, freely available

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Title in English: The Businessman
Description: Kommersant is a well known Russian newspaper based in Saint Petersburg. While originally a business newspaper, it deals widely with domestic and international politics and strives to keep an independent point ofview in its articles and analysis.
Language: Russian
Archive: since 1992, freely available

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Title in Russian: Независимая Газета
Title in English: The Independent Newspaper
Description: Nezavisimaya Gazeta is one of the most respected newspapers in Russia. It offers news and analysis that do not necessarily correspond with the governmental line, it includes a good section about the countries ofthe former Soviet Union, and offers free access not only to recentarticles, but to its archived contents as well.
Language: Russian
Archive: since 1999, freely available

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Description: The Moscow Times, an English language newspaper to be found in allMoscow hotels and directed mainly at Moscow's foreign visitors andbusinessmen, provides daily information about current political and economic events. While it provides free online access to fresh news, access to the archive is for subscribers only. It is associated withthe St. Petersburg Times.
Language: English
Archive: since 1992, for subscribers only

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Title in Russian: Новая Газета
Title in English: The New Newspaper
Description: Novaya Gazeta is possibly one of the most well known oppositionnewspapers in Russia, in spite of the fact that its distributionreaches only Russia's biggest cities. It is deals frequently with humanrights abuses in Russia. Anna Politkovskaya, author of articles denouncing the atrocities committed in Chechnya by Russian soldiers,used to write for this newspaper before she was killed in 2006.
Language: Russian, English
Archive: since 2000, freely available

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Description: Vedomosti is a Russian business newspaper that belongs to the same groupas The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. Foreign ownership fosters its independence, and makes of it one of the most reliable sources of Russian business related news.
Language: Russian
Archive: since 1999, for subscribers only

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Title in Russian: Деловая газета "Взгляд"
Title in English: Business newspaper "Look"
Description: Vzglyad offers is a daily business newspaper that focues on Russian economic issues. It provides free online access to its archived contents.
Language: Russian
Archive: since 2005, freely available

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