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News about Russia in English:

http://www.euronews.net – latest news about the most important events in Europe and Russia.

http://www.interfax.com - international information group disseminating news bulletins on key Russian national events.

http://www.gateway2russia.com – political, economic (mainly) news, daily monitoring of Russian legislation.

Russian Non Governmental Organizations web sites – content in English:

The Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute – www.medialaw.ru. English pages include news about the mass media legislation, the Russian media law sources, law drafts, commentaries and other publications of both Russian and European experts.

The Glasnost Defense Foundation - www.gdf.ru. There are weekly digests available in English concerning the mass media at the website: stressing on information about violations of the rights of journalists as well as other news.

The Internews – www.internews.ru. Web site includes media news, legislation in the field of the mass media, information about the Internews activities: trainings of journalists, production (social advertising etc), and special projects.

The Russian Union of Journalists – www.ruj.ru.  Information about the Russian mass-media, press-releases, official publications, reports on activities of self-regulation body – the Grand Jury of the Union of Journalists. 

The Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations – www.cjes.ru. The Center is the human rights organization within the Russian Union of Journalists. Website includes large amount of information in English: daily news about the conflicts with participation of journalist (violations of rights of journalists, conflicts between journalists and governmental authorities, internal media conflicts), publications, periodicals, books and articles

The Foundation for the Development of Public Television – www.public-tv.ru. Information about the Foundation, news about its activities, contact information is available.

Web sites of Non Governmental Organizations in Russian only:

The Press Development Institute (www.pdi.ru); the Radio Foundation (www.fnr.ru), the National Association of Television and Radio Broadcasters (www.nat.ru), the Commission for the Freedom of Access to Information (www.ksdi.ru), JURIX – Jurists for Constitutional Rights and Freedoms (www.jurix.ru).