ITAR-TASS
http://www.itar-tass.com/
In existence since 1904, The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS) is one of the world’s largest international information agencies and Russia’s state central information agency. The ITAR-TASS website also provides the INFO-TASS electronic data bank, which contains all agency materials produced since 1987, multimedia products, and unique reference books on Russia and other CIS member states.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a private, international radio service funded by the U.S. Congress. Daily news is provided for Russia, Central European and Central Asian countries. For a free subscription, send an e-mail to mailto:%20pbureport-request@list.rferl.org with the word subscribe as the subject or body of the message.
Reuters News
http://www.reuters.com
One of the largest and most reputable Western news sources.
(Tip: To use the Reuters search engine on this site, select one of the four search engines under ‘Select Site’ (Yahoo!, Lycos, Infoseek and C-NET). Select Infoseek, since it is by far the most effective of the four. To narrow down your selection, place quotation marks around the key word(s) you are looking for, then click on the arrow key next to the box to execute your search.)