The list below is a very basic list of the main sites I have come across for information on Post Communist Countries. The topics covered are broad and range from online newspapers to grant and job postings to cultural sites. There are also some specific sites for data on the Former Soviet Republics and others. The list is by no means exhaustive.

The idea of this list is to give the readers or viewers an idea of what is available on line now. In recent years there has been a strong growth in placing information on the web and people in many of the republics have gained access to email either via a home computer or in the new booming internet café sector.  Many of the pages cited below also contain links to other useful cites. Browsing is unfortunately still necessary.

Journals

Europe-Asia Studies http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09668136.asp

Nationalities Papers http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00905992.asp

Post-Communist Economies http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14631377.asp

Newspapers

1. This page contains a list of newspapers online worldwide http://www.saggiori.com/as_news.htm

2. Transitions online web site http://www.tol.cz/look/TOLnew/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=37

3. Central Asian Times – English language online http://www.times.kg

4. Chinese newspaper in English online http://www.arab2.com/n/a/china-newspapers-online.htm

5. Cuba news online in English http://www.cuba21.org/online.html

6. Romanian media – Romanian and English language http://www.ziare.com

7. Smi is a Russian newspaper available online in Russian http://www.smi.ru

8. Russian newspaper, focused on business news available in English http://www.russiajournal.com

9. Russian news online in Russian http://www.strana.ru

10. Popular English language Russian newspaper http://www.themoscowtimes.com/

11. Popular English language newspaper for Leningrad http://www.sptimesrussia.com

12. Ukraine news in English online http://www.ukraine.ru

Defense Information

Center for defense information http://www.cdi.org/russia/109.html

Academy of Sciences:

1. The Academy of Sciences is a major institution in the Former Soviet Union http://www.inst-econ.org.ru/english/

Scholarships, grants, employment:

There are extensive resources on the web concerning funding, grants, scholarships, applications, jobs, voluntary ones etc. The list below includes some of the major sites. The reason for focusing on these sites is that most of them contain links to additional sites which will lead you through most of the resources available today on the web. The Institute in Indiana for example, contains a job page with a large number of links to organizations and employers who wish to hire people to work in the FSU. I have also included some sites pertaining specifically to Canadians. Citizenship unfortunately matters since many grants are specifically for US citizens or citizens of the FSU.

1. This page is updated monthly and contains information on job opportunities for economists worldwide http://www.eco.utexas.edu/joe/

2. International Job Opportunities http://www.globalcareercenter.com/

3. Canadian International Development Agency Positions (CIDA)

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/48b88d505aeb0f9a852565bf0065b4ab/c643daf963cf575e85256604004e2605?OpenDocument#sec6

4. International job opportunities http://jobs.oneworld.net/

5. Eurasia net – Jobs and Grant opportunities http://www.eurasianet.org/grants/isar2.shtml

6. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.ceip.org/

7. Job Opportunities in Slavic Countries http://www.slavophilia.net/employ.htm

8. OECD Job Opportunities http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-0-nodirectorate-no-21-3923-0,00.html

9. Other job opportunities http://www.usc.edu/advancement/foundations/fdnsinterest.htm

10. Development jobs http://www.devnetjobs.org/

11. Canadian Foreign Service Institute http://www.cfsi-icse.gc.ca/Eng/Home_Site.html

12. Recruitment Department of Foreign Affairs http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/service/menu-en.asp

13. General Funding Sources http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/grants/fundsource.htm

14. The Civic Education Project http://www.cep.org.hu/

Related Institutes

1. Russia and Eastern European Institute at Indian University http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/placement/findajob.html

2. References on sustainability http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/references.html

3. Earth Policy Institute http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/index.htm

4. Initiative For Social Action and renewal in Central Asia http://www.isar.org/

5. Progressive Economics Forum http://www.web.net/~pef/

6. OECD information http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-0-nodirectorate-no-21-3923-0,00.html

7. Interfax news agency http://www.interfax-news.com

8. Slavic Eurasian studies website http://www.slavweb.com/eng/index.html

Arts and culture website

1. Information on Russian arts http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/IMRC/russianart/index.html

2. This page contains a language dictionary online http://www.freedict.com/onldict/rus.html

3. This page contains links with Russian TV, online music videos and picture galleries.

http://groups.msn.com/RussiaChatandLoadsOfPhotos/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us

4. Information on cinema and culture http://www.slavweb.com/eng/Russia/cinema-e.html