WEBSITES FOR COURSES IN RUSSIAN-EURASIAN STUDIES
AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS
I. RUSSIA-EURASIA
Armenia
1. Armenia Diaspora http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/ (Eng)
2. Armenian links http://hyenews.tripod.com/armlinks.htm
(Arm/Eng/Rus)
3. Armenpress, Armenian News Agency http://www.armenpress.am/
(Arm/Eng/Rus)
4. ARMINFO News Agency http://www.arminfo.am/ (Arm/Eng/Rus)
5. Central Electoral Commission http://www.elections.am
(Arm/Eng)
6. Embassy of Armenia in the US http://www.armeniaemb.org/
(Eng)
7. Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia http://www.mindiaspora.am
(Arm/Eng/Rus/Spa)
8. National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia http://www.armstat.am/en/
(Arm/Rus/Eng)
9. National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Armenia
http://www.parliament.am (Arm/Rus/Eng/Fre)
10. President of the Republic of Armenia
http://www.president.am/ (Eng/Arm/Rus)
Azerbaijan
1. Embassy of Azerbaijan in the US http://www.azembassy.com/
(Eng)
2. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
http://www.president.az/ (Az/Eng/Rus)
3. State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
http://www.azstat.org/indexen.php (Az)
Nagorno-Karabakh:
4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nagorno- Karabakh http://www.nkr.am/
(Eng/Rus/Fre)
Belarus
1. A Belaus Miscellany http://www.belarus-misc.org/
(Bel/Eng)
2. Belarus – A Country Study http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/bytoc.html (Eng)
3. National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
http://www.ac.by/ (Bel/Eng/Rus)
4. National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Belarus http://www.belstat.gov.by/
(Rus/Eng)
5. President of the Republic of Belarus
http://www.president.gov.by/ eng/ (Rus/Eng)
6. United States Embassy in Belarus http://minsk.usembassy.gov/
(Bel/Eng/Rus)
7. WWW.Belarus http://www.belarus.net (Eng)
Eurasia/Central Asia
1. Central Eurasian Studies World Wide http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/ (Eng)
2. Central Eurasia Project http://www.soros.org/ initiatives/cep/ (Eng)
3. Eurasia Daily Monitor http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/archivesedm/2011/ (Eng)
4. Eurasianet.org http://www.eurasianet.org/index.shtml (Eng/Rus)
Georgia
1. Central Election Commission http://www.cec.gov.ge/ (Geo/Eng)
2. Civil Georgia http://www.civil.ge/eng (Eng/Geor/Rus)
3. Democratic Georgia-United Movement (opposition party of Nino Burjanadze)
http://www.democrats.ge/ (Geo/Eng)
4. Georgia and the IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/country/GEO/index.htm (Eng)
5. Georgia Revealed
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/georgia/home.html (Eng)
6. “Georgian Daily Times” http://www.geotimes.ge/ (Eng)
7. Georgian Parliament http://www.parliament.ge/ (Geo/Eng)
8. Government of Georgia http://www.government.gov.ge/ (Geo/Eng/Rus)
9. Georgian Labour Party http://www.labour.ge (Geo/Rus/Eng)
10. Languages on the Web, Georgian Links http://www.lonweb.org/links/link-georgian.htm
11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.ge (Geo/Eng/Rus)
12. News Information Agency of Georgia (RIA-Novosti)
http://newsgeorgia.ru/ (Rus/Geo)
13. Open Society Georgia Foundation http://osgf.ge/ (Geo/Eng)
14. President of Georgia http://www.president.gov.ge/ (Geo/Eng/Rus)
15. Republican Party of Georgia http://republicans.ge/ (Geo/Eng)
16. Rustavi-2 Georgia Online http://www.rustavi2.com.ge/ (Geo/Eng)
17. Sarke Information Agency http://www.sarke.com/ (Geo/Eng/Rus)
18. UNDP in Georgia http://www.undp.org.ge (Geo/Eng)
19. Visit Georgia http://www.visitgeorgia.ge (Eng/Ger/Ita/Fre/Jap/Rus)
Abkhazia:
20. Abkhazia.Org home page http://www.abkhazia.org/home.html (Eng)
21. Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia (pro-Georgian)
http://abkhazia.gov.ge/ (Geo/Eng/Rus)
22. Political Resources on the Net-Abkhazia
http://www.politicalresources.net/abkhazia.htm (Eng)
23. Republic of Abkhazia http://www.apsny.org (Eng)
Kazakhstan
1. Internews Kazakhstan http://www.internews.kz/eng/index.htm (Eng)
3. KABAR, Kazakh National News Agency
http://www.khabar.kz/ (Kaz/Rus/Eng)
4. Kazinform News Agency http://www.inform.kz (Kaz/Rus/Eng/Arab)
5. National Bank of Kazakhstan http://www.nationalbank.kz
(Rus/Kaz/Eng)
6. Official Kazakhstan web page http://www.president.kz/ (Kaz/Rus/Eng)
Kyrgyzstan
1. AKIpress http://www.akipress.org/ (Rus/Eng)
2. Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to the USA and Canada
http://www.kyrgyzstan.org/ (Eng)
3. Government of the Kyrgyz Republic http://www.gov.kg/ (Rus)
Moldova
1. Chisinau web page http://www.chisinau.md/ (Eng/Rom/Rus)
2. Embassy of Moldova in the US http://moldovaembassy.com (Eng)
3. Moldova-AZI http://www.azi.md/ (Rom/Eng/Rus)
4. National Bank of Moldova http://www.bnm.org/ (Rom/Eng)
5. Official Page of the President of Moldova
http://www.president.md/ (Rom/Eng/Rus)
6. Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
http://www.parliament.md/ (Rom/Eng/Rus)
7. US Embassy, Chisinau, Moldova http://www.usembassy.md/
(Eng/Rom/Rus)
Russia
General:
1. Carnegie Endowment-Russian and Eurasian Program
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/russia/ (Eng)
2. National and Ethnic Home Pages
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/slav/nat_ethnic_intro.html (Eng)
Chechnya:
1. Chechenpress State News Agency (rebel site)
http://www.chechenpress.co.uk/english/index.shtml (Rus/Eng)
2. Chechnya Free.RU (Russian govt.) http://www.chechnyafree.ru
(Rus/Eng)
3. Chechnya News http://www.chechnyanews.com/ (Eng)
4. Kavkaz-Tsentr (Islamic Information Center)
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/ (Eng/Rus/Tur/Ukr/Ara)
5. Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization – Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
http://www.unpo.org/content/view/7865/100/ (Eng)
6. The President and Government of the Chechen Republic
http://www.chechnya.gov.ru/ (Rus)
Cultural/Social/Informational:
1. American Chamber of Commerce in Russia http://www.amcham.ru/ (Eng)
2. eAtlas (Russian maps) http://www.eatlas.ru/ (Eng/Rus)
3. “Memorial” (Pamyat) http://www.memo.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Dutch)
4. Moscow Kremlin virtual tour http://www.moscowkremlin.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
5. Moscow Metro http://www.metro.ru (Rus)
6. Russian PEN Centre (Russian and English) http://www.penrussia.org/ (Rus/Eng)
7. Russia’s Weather http://meteo.infospace.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
Economics, Elections and Statistics:
1. AK&M Information Agency http://www.akm.ru/eng/ (Rus/Eng)
2. Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition http://www.bof.fi/bofit
(Fin/Eng)
3. Central Electoral Commission http://www.cikrf.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
4. Centre for Economic and Financial Research (ind. think tank)
http://www.cefir.org/ (Rus/Eng)
5. Dmitrii Medvedev campaign site http://www.medvedev2008.ru/
6. Federal State Statistics Service http://www.gks.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
7. International Foundation for Election Systems (election laws)
http://www.ifes.ru (Rus)
8. Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS http://www.cisstat.com/ (Rus/Eng)
9. Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) http://www.micex.com/ (Rus/Eng)
10. Norwegian Institute of International Relations (data on regions)
http://www.nupi.no/russland/russland.htm (Nor/Eng)
11. Russia Votes, Center for the Study of Public Policy, Univ. of
Strathclyde http://www.russiavotes.org/ (Eng)
12. Russian Trading System Stock Exchange (RTS) http://www.rts.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
13. St. Petersburg Stock Exchange http://www.spbex.ru/np/main.stm (Rus)
Governmental:
1. “Agentura” On behalf of national security http://www.agentura.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
2. Central Bank of Russia http://www.cbr.ru/eng (Rus/Eng)
3. Constitutional Court of Russia http://ks.rfnet.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Fre/Ger)
4. Embassy of Russian Federation in the US http://www.russianembassy.org (Rus/Eng)
5. Federal Government server http://www.government.ru (Rus)
6. Federal Security Service (FSB) http://www.fsb.ru (Rus)
7. Federation Council http://www.council.gov.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
8. Ministry of Agriculture http://www.gvc.ru/ (Rus)
9. Ministry of Defense http://www.mil.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Ger/Fre)
10. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade http://www.economy.gov.ru (Rus)
11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mid.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Fre/Spa/Ger/Cze)
12. Ministry of Justice http://www.minjust.ru/ (Rus)
13. Ministry of Finance http://www.minfin.ru/ (Rus)
14. President of the Russian Federation http://www.kremlin.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
15. Procurator General of the Russian Federation http://genproc.gov.ru (Rus)
16. Security Council http://www.scrf.gov.ru/ (Rus)
17. State Duma http://www.duma.gov.ru/ (Rus)
18. Supreme Court http://www.supcourt.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
Parties and Politicians:
1. Agrarian Party of Russia http://www.agroparty.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
2. Communist Party of Russian Federation http://www.kprf.ru (Rus)
3. Communist Party of the Soviet Union http://www.kpss.ru (Rus)
4. Ilya Yashin: Live Journal http://yashin.livejournal.com/ (Rus)
5. Liberal Democratic Party of Russia http://www.ldpr.ru/ (Rus)
6. Motherland-National Patriotic Union http://www.rodina-nps.ru/ (Rus)
7. National Bolshevik Party http://www.nbp-info.com (Rus)
8. Boris Nemtsov’s home page http://www.nemtsov.ru (Rus)
9. The Other Russia http://www.theotherrussia.org (Eng)
10. Russian National Unity (fascists) http://www.rne.org/ (Rus)
11. Unified Russia http://www.edinros.ru/ (Rus)
12. Union of Right Forces http://www.sps.ru/ (Rus)
13. Yabloko home page http://www.yabloko.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
Religion:
1. Ancient Faith Radio (Orthodox radio, Chicago)
http://www.ancientfaithradio.com (Eng)
2. Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS http://www.fjc.ru/ (Rus/Heb/Eng)
3. Inter-religious Council of Russia http://www.m-s-r.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
4. Interfax-Religion http://www.interfax-religion.com/ (Eng)
5. Islam in Russia http://www.islam.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
6. Religions-Christian-Russia/The Russian Federation
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/slav/relig_chr/russia_html (Eng)
7. Russian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate http://www.mospat.ru (Rus/Eng)
Russian news agencies, papers, web-news sites:
1. Agency of Political News http://www.apn.ru (Rus)
2. Allnews.ru http://www.lenta.ru (Rus)
3. Argumenty i Fakty http://www.aif.ru (Rus)
4. “Delovoy Petersburg” http://www.dp.ru (Rus/Eng)
5. Ekho Moskvy http://www.echo.msk.ru (Rus/Eng)
6. “Gazeta.ru” http://www.gazeta.ru (Rus)
7. “GazetaSNG” (CIS) http://gazetasng.ru (Rus)
8. “Inopressa.ru” (Foreign Press about Russia) http://www.inopressa.ru/ (Rus)
9. Interfax News Service (subscription) http://www.interfax-news.com/ (Eng)
10. “Itogi” http://www.itogi.ru/index.nsf/index/index.html (Rus)
11. ITAR-TASS On-line http://www.itar-tass.com/ (Rus/Eng)
12. “Izvestiya” http://izvestia.com (Rus)
13. “Kommersant” http://www.kommersant.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
14. “Kommersant-Vlast” http://www.kommersant.ru/k-vlast/ (Rus)
15. “Komsomolskaya Pravda” http://www.kp.ru/ (Rus)
16. “Krasnaya Zvezda” http://www.redstar.ru/ (Rus)
17. “Literaturnaya Gazeta” http://www.lgz.ru/ (Rus)
18. “Moscow News” http://www.mn.ru/news (Rus/Eng)
19. “Moscow Times” http://www.moscowtimes.ru/ (Eng)
20. National Information Service http://www.strana.ru (Rus)
21. “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” http://www.ng.ru/ (Rus)
22. “Novaya Gazeta” http://www.novayagazeta.ru/ (Rus)
23. NTV http://www.ntv.ru/ (Rus)
24. “Parlamentskaya Gazeta” http://www.pnp.ru/ (Rus)
25. Polit.ru http://www.polit.ru (Rus)
26. “Pravda” http://www.pravda.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Por/Ita)
27. Regnum.ru http://www.regnum.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
28. RIA-Novosti http://www.rian.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Ger/Fre)
29. “Russia Journal” www.russiajournal.com (Eng)
30. Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti http://www.spbvedomosti.ru/ (Rus)
31. “Sovetskaya Rossiya” http://www.rednews.ru/ (Rus)
32. “The St. Petersburg Times” http://www.spbtimesrussia.com/ (Eng)
33. “Trud” http://www.trud.ru/ (Rus)
34. “Vedomosti” (Wall Street Journal and Financial Times) http://www.kapital.ru/ (Rus)
35. “Vesti” http://www.vesti.ru (Rus)
36. “Vladivostok News” http://vn.vladnews.ru/ (Eng)
Tajikistan
1. Tajikistan-A Country Study http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tjtoc.html (Eng)
2. Khovar Information Agency http://www.khovar.tojikiston.com (Rus)
Turkmenistan
1. Embassy of Turkmenistan in the US http://www.turkmenistanembassy.org/ (Eng)
2. People’s Democratic Movement of Turkmenistan http://www.gundogar.org/ (Rus/Eng)
3. Social-Political Movement “Watan” http://www.watan.ru/ (Rus/Eng/Tur)
4. Turkmenistan.ru http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ (Rus/Eng)
5. US Embassy in Turkmenistan http://www.usemb-ashgabat.usia.co.at (Rus/Eng/Tur)
Ukraine
1. All-Ukrainian population census 2001 http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/
(Ukr/Rus/Eng)
2. Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/news/press/48/
(Ukr/Rus/Eng)
3. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine http://www.kmu.gov.ua/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
4. Central Election Commission http://www.cvk.gov.ua/ (Ukr)
5. Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. http://www.ukraineinfo.us (Eng)
6. Embassy of the U.S. in Ukraine http://www.usemb.kiev.ua (Eng)
7. Governmental Portal http://www.kmu.gov.ua/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
8. Kiev Ukraine News Blog http://blog.kievukraine.info/ (Eng)
9. KiddofSpeed (trip through Chornobly) http://www.kiddofspeed.com (Eng)
10. “Kyiv Post” http://www.kpnews.com (Eng)
11. Media International Group http://mignews.com.ua (Eng/Rus)
12. My Ukraine, Personal website of Viktor Yushchenko
http://www.yushchenko.com.ua/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
13. Our Ukraine http://www.razom.org.ua/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
14. Party of Regions http://www.partyofregions.org.ua/ (Rus/Ukr/Eng)
15. President of Ukraine http://www.president.gov.ua/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
16. Religious Information Service of Ukraine http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/ (Ukr/Eng/
Rus/Ger/Ita)
17. Security Service of Ukraine http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/en/index (Ukr/Eng)
18. Socialist Party of Ukraine http://www.spu.in.ua/ (Ukr)
19. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
20. Supreme Rada (Council) of Ukraine http://portal.rada.gov.ua/ (Ukr)
21. Ukrainian Information Project http://www.uazone.net (Ukr)
22. Ukrainian News http://www.ukranews.com/eng/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
23. Ukrinform, Ukrainian National Information Agency
http://news.ukrinform.com.ua.8101/site2/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
24. UNIAN news agency http://www.unian.net/ (Ukr/Eng/Rus)
25. UN in Ukraine http://www.un.kiev.ua/en/ (Eng)
26. Yuliya Tymoshenko http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/en/ (Ukr/Rus/Eng)
Uzbekistan
1. “Arena” Committee for Freedom of Speech and Expression
http://www.freeuz.org/ (Rus/Eng)
2. “Birlik” Popular Movement of Uzbekistan http://www.birlik.net/ (Eng/Rus/Tur)
3. Ferghana.ru Information Agency http://www.fergana.ru/main.php (Rus/Eng)
4. Governmental Portal of the Republic or Uzbekistan http://www.gov.uz
(Uzb/Rus/Eng)
5. Jahon Information Agency of the MFA of Uzbekistan
http://www.jahonnews.uz/eng/ (Uzb/Rus/Eng/Ara)
6. Organization for Assistance to Freedom of Speech http://www.ozodovoz.org/
(Uzb/Eng/Rus)
7. Press-Uz.info http://www.press-uz.info (Uzb/Rus/Eng)
8. Uzbekistan resource page http://www.soros.org/uzbkstan.html (Uzb)
9. Uzbekistan National News Agency http://www.uza.uz (Uzb/Rus/Eng/Fre/Ger)
II. EASTERN and CENTRAL EUROPE
Albania
1. Albanian Telegraphic Agency http://www.ata-al.com/ (Alb/Fre/Eng)
2. “Albanian Times” http://www.worldweb.net/~ww1054/times/times.html
3. Central Elections Commission http://www.kqz.org.al/ (Alb/Eng)
Bosnia
1. Bosnia Action Coalition http://www.applicom.com/twibih/ (Eng)
2. Bosnia and Hercegovina http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bosnia.html (Eng)
3. Bosnian Embassy http://www.bosnianembassy.org/ (Eng)
4. Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina http://qry.izbori.ba/ (Bos/Cro/Ser)
5. Maps of Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina http://www.kakarigi.net/maps (Eng)
6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mvp.gov.ba/index_eng.htm (Eng)
Bulgaria
1. Bulgaria.com http://www.bulgaria.com (Eng) 2. Bulgarian News (Telegraph) Agency http://www.bta.bg/site/bg/indexe.shtml (Bul/Eng) 3. Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Washington, DC http://www.bulgaria-embassy.org/
(Bul/Eng)
4. PARI.bg (Business and Finance News Daily) http://www.pari.bg/ (Bul)
5. Republic of Bulgaria Privatization Agency
http://www.priv.government.bg/apnew/Root/index.php?magic=0.0.0.0.2 (Eng/Bul)
6. Sofia News Agency http://www.novinite.com (Bul/Eng)
Croatia
1. http://www.croatia.hr (Govt. information server)
2. http://www.sabor.hr/ (Croatian parliament)
3. http://www.urpr.hr/english/index.html (President of Croatia
home page)
4. http://www.hina.hr (Croatian News Service)
5. http://www.tel.hr/sdp/eindex.html (Social Democratic party)
6. State Election Commission http://www.izbori.hr (Cro)
Czech Republic
1. http://www.czech.cz/infosrcll/hrad/havel/havelcv.htm (home
page of former President Havel, includes speeches)
2. http://www.czech.cz/washington (Czech embassy in DC)
3. http://www.ios.com/~jirim/monprs.html (CTK, Czech News Agency)
4. http://cech.cesnet.cz/news.html (News from the Czech Republic)
5. http://cs-sun1.nemostate.edu/%7Evjirinec/czech/czech.html
(general information)
6. http://www.czech.cz/infosrc/ff/politic.htm (political system)
7. http://www.muselik.com/czech/frame.html
8. Statistical Office Election Server http://www.volby.cz
(Cz/En)
Eastern and Central European servers
1. Austrian Institute for Economic Research http://www.wsr.ac.at/ (Ger/Eng)
2. Central Europe Online http://www.centraleurope.com/ (Eng)
Estonia
1. “Baltic Review” http://www.tbr.ee (Eng)
2. “City Paper” http://www.balticsworldwide.com/ (Eng)
3. Council of the Baltic Sea States http://www.cbss.st/ (Eng)
4. Embassy of Estonia in US http://www.estemb.org (Eng/Est)
5. Estonia and the European Union http://www.vm.ee/eng/kat_181/909.html (Est/Eng)
6. Estonia-wide web, search engine http://www.ee/www/welcome.html (Eng)
7. Estonian Legal Language Center http://www.legaltext.ee/indexen.htm (Est/Eng)
8. Estonian National Electoral Committee http://www.vvk.ee/engindex.html (Est/Eng)
9. Ministry of Defense http://mod.gov.ee/ (Est/Eng)
10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.vm.ee/ (Est/Eng)
11. President of Estonia http://www.president.ee/ (Est/Eng)
12. State Chancellery of Estonia http://www.riigikantselei.ee/
(Est/Eng/Ger/Dan/Sp/Fin/Fr/Gr/It/Lt/Lv/Dut/Por/Swe)
13. Statistical Office of Estonia http://www.stat.ee/ (Est/Eng)
Hungary
1. http://www.meh.hu/ (Prime Minister’s office, connections to
other government agencies)
2. http://www.hungary.com/govof/newslet1095.html (news from
Embassy of Hungary in US)
3. http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/ (Hungarian home page, links to
other websites)
4. http://www.hungary.com/Text/ (Hungarian Network, includes
connections to media sites)
5. http://www.skh.hu/eng/index.html (Hungarian Central Statis-
tical Office)
6. National Election Office http://www.election.hu/
Latvia
1. Bank of Latvia http://www.bank.lv/lat/main/all/ (Lat/Eng)
2. Cabinet of Ministers http://www.mk.gov.lv/eng/ (Lat/Rus/Eng/Ger)
3. Central Election Commission of Latvia http://web.cvk.lv/ (Lat/Eng/Rus)
4. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia http://www.csb.lv (Lat/Eng)
5. Centre of Demography http://www.popin.lanet.lv/ (Lat/Eng)
6. Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia http://www.satv.tiesa.gov.lv/
(Lat/Eng/Rus)
7. Embassy of Latvia in the US http://www.Latvia-USA.org (Eng)
8. Government Data Communication Network http://www.gov.lv/ (Lat)
9. Latvian Centre for Human Rights http://www.humanrights.org.lv/html/monitor
10. Latvian Cultural Portal http://www.kultura.lv (Lat/Eng)
11. Latvian Institute http://www.li.lv (Lat/Eng/French)
12. Latvian Investment and Development Agency http://www.liaa.gov.lv/?object_id=660
(Lat/Eng/Rus/Chi)
13. Latvia Related News http://www.lanet.lv/news/all.html (Eng/Lat)
14. Latvian Telegraph Agency, LETA http://www.leta2000.com (Lat/Eng/Rus)
15. Latvian Tourism Portal http://www.latviatourism.lv/ (Lat/Rus/Eng/Ger)
16. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.am.gov.lv/ (Lat/Eng/Rus)
17. Ministry of Culture http://www.km.gov.lv (Lat/Eng)
18. Ministry of Economics http://www.em.gov.lv/em/2nd/?lng=en&cat=3&lng=en (Lat/Eng)
19. Ministry of Finance http://www.fm.gov.lv/ (Lat/Eng)
20. Ministry of Transport http://www.sam.gov.lv/satmin/content/?cat=8 (Lat/Rus/Eng)
21. Naturalization Board http://np.gov.lv/ (Lat/Eng/Rus)
22. Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv (Lat/Rus/Eng)
23. Saeima-Latvian Parliament http://www.saeima.lv/ (Lat/Eng)
Lithuania
1. Central Electoral Committee http://www.vrk.lt/ (Lt/Eng)
2. Dept. of Statistics http://www.std.lt (Lt/Eng)
3. Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the US
http://www.ltembassyus.org/links/welcome.htm (Eng)
4. Government of the Republic of Lithuania http://www.lrv.lt/ (Lt/Eng)
5. Lithuania home page http://neris.mii.lt/homepage/lietuva.html
(Eng)
6. Lithuania On-line http://www.on.lt (Eng)
7. Lithuanian Central Internet Gates http://www.lithuania.lt (Lt/Eng/Ger/Rus/Pol/Fre)
8. Lithuanian Ministry of Defence http://www.kam.lt/ (Lt/Eng)
9. Lithuanian Parliament server http://www.lrs.lt/ (Lt/Eng/Fre)
10. Ministry of Economy http://www.ukmin.lt (Lt/Eng)
11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.urm.lt (Lt/Eng)
12. Ministry of National Defence http://www.kam.lt (Lt/Eng)
13. President of the Republic of Lithuania http://www.president.lt (Lt/Eng)
Macedonia
1. Agency of Information http://www.sinf.gov.mk/ (Mac/Eng)
2. Albanian Democratic Party (PDSH) http://www.pdsh.org/ (Alb)
3. Country information http://www.macedonia.org (Eng)
4. Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic
Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) http://www.vmro-dpmne.org.mk/
(Mac/Eng)
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default.aspx?ItemID=238 (Mac/Eng)
6. Ministry of the Interior http://www.mvr.gov.mk/ (Mac/Eng)
7. Social Democratic League of Macedonia (SDSM) http://www.sdsm.org.mk/ (Mac)
8. State Election Commission http://www.dik.mk/ (Mac/Eng)
9. State Statistical Office http://www.stat.gov.mk (Mac/Eng)
10. Virtual Macedonia http://www.vmacedonia.com/index2.html
Poland
1. Central Statistical Office http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xchg/gus (Pol/Eng)
2. Chancellery of the Prime Minister http://www.kprm.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
3. Constitutional Tribunal http://www.trybunal.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng/Fre)
4. Embassy of Poland in the U.S. http://www.polandembassy.org/embassy.html (Eng)
5. Ministry of Finance http://www.mf.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.msz.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
7. Ministry of Interior and Administration http://www.mswia.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
8. Ministry of National Defense http://www.wp.mil.pl/pl/index/ (Pol/Eng)
9. National Bank of Poland http://www.nbp.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
10. National Election Board http://www.pkw.gov.pl (Pol)
11. Poland.pl (info. about Poland) http://poland.pl (Pol/Eng)
12. Polish Press Agency http://www.pap.com.pl (Pol)
13. President of the Republic of Poland http://www.prezydent.pl/x.node?id=82
(Pol/Eng)
14. Sejm home page http://www.sejm.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
15. Senate home page http://www.senat.gov.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
16. Supreme Court http://www.sn.pl/ (Pol/Eng)
Romania
1. Central Electoral Bureau http://www.bec2004.ro/ (Rom/Eng)
2. Embassy of Romania in the U.S. http://washington.mae.ro/ (Eng)
3. Government of Romania (includes links to prime minister and parliament)
http://www.guv.ro (Rom/Eng/Fre)
4. Government of Romania, Department of European Affairs
(http://www.dae.gov.ro/en/index.php (Rom/Eng)
5. “Monitorul” (Romanian newspaper) http://www.monitorulsv.ro/ (Rom/Eng)
6. National News Agency Agerpres http://www.agerpres.ro/english/index.php/english.html
(Rom/Eng)
7. Newpapers and News Media Guide http://www.abyznewslinks.com/roman.htm (Eng)
8. Political Resources on the Net: Romania http://www.politicalresources.net/romania.htm
(Eng)
Slovakia
1. http://www.slovakweek.com (“Slovak Week”, Canadian newspaper,
some news, subscription basis)
2. http://www.eunet.sk/slovakia/polit.html (Slovakia document
store)
3. http://www.eunet.sk/slovakia/elect-all.html (1994 elections)
4. http://www.government.gov.sk/en_uvodne_info.shtml (Slovak
Republic Government Office)
5. Statistical Office http://www.statistics.rk (Slo/Eng)
Slovenia
1. Decision making by citizens http://www.volitve.gov.si/ (Slo/Eng)
2. Government of Slovenia http://www.gov.si/ (Slo/Eng)
3. Republic Electoral Commission http://www.si.rvk/ (Slo)
4. Slovenian Press Agency http://www.sta.si/ (Slo/Eng)
5. State Portal of the Republic of Slovenia
http://e-uprava.gov.si/e-uprava/en/portal.euprava (Slo/Ita/Hun/Eng)
Serbia
1. BETA News agency http://www.beta.co.yu (Srp/Eng/Hun/Romany/Alb)
2. Center for Free Elections and Democracy http://www.cesid.org/ (Srp/Eng)
3. Central Europe Online http://www.einnews.com/centraleurope/
4. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
http://www.un.org/icty/ (Bos/Cro/Srp/Fre/Alb/Mac/Eng)
5. Official website of the Serbian government http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/ (Srp/Eng/Ita)
6. Radio B-92 http://www.b92.net/ (Srp/Eng)
7. Republic Electoral Commission http://www.rik.parliament.sr.gov.yu/ (Srp/Eng)
8. Serbia and Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mfa.gov.yu/
9. Tito’s home page http://www.titoville.com/
Montenegro
1. Montenegro.com http://www.montenegro.com (Eng)
2. Montenegronews http://wwwmnnews.net (Srp/Eng)
Kosovo
1. http://mprofaca.cro.net/kosimgmap.html (road map of Kosovo)
2. http://uninfo.state.gov/regional/eur/balkans/kosovo
(USIA, US government statements on Kosovo)
3. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/kosovo
(World news stories)
4. http://www.gov.yu/terrorism/index.html (“Albanian Terrorism
in Kosovo and Metohia”, Yugo. govt. web site)
5. http://www.srpska-mreza.com/mlad/index.htm (“The Saga of
Kosovo”, Serb historical perspective)
6. http://www.unhcr.ch/news/media/kosovo.htm (UNHCR web site)
7. http://www.un.org/peace/kosovo/pages/kosovo1.htm (UNMIK)
8. http://www.civpol.org/unmik (UNMIK police, Kos. Protection
Service site)
9. http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/eur/balkans/kosovo (USIA,
US govt. statements on Kosovo)
10. http://kforonline.com/ (NATO/KFOR web site)
11. http://www.osce.org/kosovo (OSCE web site)
III. RESEARCH SOURCES
Constitutions
1. Constitution finder http://confinder.richmond.edu (Eng)
2. International Constitutional Law
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html (Eng)
3. Post-Soviet and East European Center, UTA
https://www.uta.edu/cpsees/psees.htm (Eng)
4. University of Hamburg Law School
http://www.econ.uni-hamburg.de/law/ (Eng)
Foundations/Grant Organizations
1. Eurasia Foundation http://www.eurasia.org (Eng)
2. International Research and Exchange Commission
http://www.irex.org (Eng)
3. American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European
Languages http://aatseel.org (Eng)
General Information
1. Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org (Eng)
2. Coalition for International Justice
http://www.cij.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=homepage (Eng)
3. Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/ (Eng)
4. Doing Business http://www.doingbusiness.org/ (Eng)
5. Election Resources on the Internet
http://electionresources.org/ (Eng/Spa)
6. Elections Around the World
http://www.electionworld.org (Eng)
7. EU Observer http://www.euobserver.com (Eng)
8. European Court of Human Rights
http://www.echr.coe.int (Eng/Fre)
9. European Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/ (Eng)
10. European Union http://europa.eu.int (Eng/Fre)
11. EUROSTAT http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat.research (Eng)
12. Federation of American Scientists (Projects on Govt. Secrecy)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/index.html (Eng)
13. Forced Migration Online http://www.forcedmigration.org (Eng)
14. Global Statistics http://www.xist.org (Eng)
15. Institute for War and Peace Reporting
http://www.iwpr.net (Eng)
16. International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org (Eng)
17. International Foundation for Election Systems
http://www.ifes.org (Eng)
18. International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org
(Eng/Spa/Fre)
19. Legislation Online http://www.legislationline.org/ (Eng)
20. National Democratic Institute http://www.ndi.org (Eng)
21. National Security Archives http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
(Eng)
22. NATO http://www.nato.int (Eng/Spa/Fre/Ger)
23. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
http://www.osce.org (Eng)
24. Parties and Elections in Europe
http://www.parties-and-elections.de/ (Eng/Ger)
25. Political Resources on the Net
http://www.politicalresources.net/ (Eng)
26. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty http://www.rferl.org/
(Eng)
27. RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org (Eng)
28. Roper Center for Public Opinion
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/ (Eng)
29. Rulers http://rulers.org/ (Eng)
30. Soros Foundation Network http://www.soros.org (Eng)
31. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
http://www.sipri.se (Eng)
32. United Nations http://www.un.org (Eng/Fre)
33. UN Development Programme http://www.undp.org (Eng)
34. UN Office on Drugs and Crime http://www.unodc.org/ (Eng)
35. World Bank http://www.worldbank.org (Eng/Fre/Rus)
36. World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org (Eng/Spa/Fre)
37. Zarate’s Political Collections
http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/home.htm (Eng/Spa)
Maps
1. Geography at About.com
http://geography.about.com/mbody.htm (Eng)
2. Maps.com http://www.maps.com/ (Eng)
3. National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ (Eng)
4. Perry-Castenada Library map collection, UT-Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html (Eng)
5. TerraServer.USA http://www.terraserver.com/ (Eng)
News Sources
1. Associated Press http://www.ap.org/ (Eng)
2. BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/ (Eng)
3. CNN http://www.cnn.com/ (Eng)
4. IRNA online news agencies
http://www.irna.com/en/links/linka.shtml#B (Eng)
5. “New York Times” http://www.nytimes.com/ (Eng)
6. Reuters http://www.reuters.com/index.html (Eng)
7. “Washington Post” http://www.washingtonpost.com/ (Eng)
8. World-Newspapers http://www.world-newspapers.com/ (Eng)
U.S. Government
1. Central Intelligence Agency http://www.cia.gov/ (Eng)
2. Dept. of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil (Eng)
3. Dept. of Justice, statistics on crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ (Eng)
4. Dept. of State http://www.state.gov (Eng)
5. Electronic Embassy (foreign embassy staffs in Washington)
http://www.embassy.org/ (Eng)
6. International Trade Administration
http://www.ITA.doc.gov/ (Eng)
7. Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/ (Eng)
8. National Archives http://www.archives.gov/index.html
(Eng)
9. National Security Agency http://www.nsa.gov (Eng)
10. National Virtual Translation Center http://www.nvtc.gov/ (Eng)
11. Office of Management and Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb (Eng)
12. Office of Personnel Management
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ (Eng)
13. United States Institute of Peace http://www.usip.org/
(Eng)
(revised 1-19-12)