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Access World News - Russia
BBC Russian News
Dozhd TV (Rain TV)
Independently owned, Moscow-based TV channel. In Russian
Echo of Moscow
Russian-language radio broadcaster based in Moscow. Independent, but majority owned by state-affiliated Gazprom Media.
The Moscow Times

Dokusfera
Russian National Library's open access electronic library. Interface available in English but most sources in Russian.
ImWerden
A free access, independently operated electronic library of literary, historical, philological, and reference works. Also includes a collection of audio and video recordings of authors reading their own work. In Russian.
Manuscript Collection (Russian State Library)
A large digital repository of Church Slavic manuscripts and early printed books from various libraries. In Russian.
Presidential Library Digital Collections
Thematic collections of digitized material, relating to Russian politics and politicians. Navigable in English and in Russian, sources in Russian.
Wilson Center Audio Archive of Russian and Soviet History

BBC Languages - Russian
Busuu.com
Busuu, an online language learning community offering Russian language materials.
DuoLingo - Russian
Learn Russian with game-like lessons. Use to practice your reading, writing, and speaking.
Easy Russian
YouTube series featuring Russian conversation and listening practice.
TypeIt Russian
Webpage that turns Latin alphabet into Cyrillic as you type.

Russian Film Hub
Wide selection of Russian and Soviet films with English subtitles. Some films are not available in the US.

Finding Russian Language Films through the USF Libraries Catalog

Project Gutenberg: Russian Works
Tamizdat Project
Online archive of contraband literature published outside of the USSR, 1950-1990. Interface in English, sources in Russian
UbuWeb
Includes a collection of Russian avant-garde sound experiments and modernist poets reading their work.

Finding Russian Language Items through the USF Libraries Catalog