Moscow News

If you want to find out what's going in Moscow and the Russian Federation, there's a wealth of English-language material on the web, from expat daily newspapers in Moscow to specialist online analysis and comment on business and international affairs. Plus, more and more Russian papers and news services are providing English content online. The list below provides a selection of the best, offering a truly diverse range of perspectives on Moscow today.

Top Five

The Moscow Times

Unquestionably Moscow's leading English-language newspaper, The Moscow Times provides daily Russian and international news, comment and excellent arts coverage, plus an extensive careers section and classifieds. Aimed primarily at the expat business community, the paper is surprisingly well produced, and all content is available online.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/

The Moscow News

Founded in 1930, Moscow's oldest English-language newspaper was once a propaganda tool for the Communist Party, and has had a patchy history since. Most content is now translated from sister paper Moskovskie Novosti, and is of interest for those who want a fairly mainstream Russian view of international and domestic events.
http://english.mn.ru/english/

Russia Today

The Kremlin-backed satellite TV station offers online streaming of all its programs, as well as extensive web content covering international and domestic news from a Russian perspective. Slickly and seamlessly produced, Russia Today makes every effort to give the impression of objectivity, and the tone is very dry.
http://www.russiatoday.ru/

The eXile

Brash, brutal and obscene, the eXile has been produced for over a decade by a group of misanthropic Americans based in Moscow. Offering an unfalteringly acerbic take on Russian and US politics, crude jokes and occasionally brilliant writing, the eXile is original, entertaining and almost guaranteed to offend.
http://www.exile.ru/

Johnson's Russia List

This well-respected email newsletter provides links to carefully selected analysis of Russian domestic and international policy, plus informed and in-depth comment from its readers. Backed by the World Security Institute, it favors a center-liberal stance, and focuses on the issues that are important to the West.
http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/default.cfm

More Moscow news

RIA

The state wire service offers limited but still extensive English web content
http://en.rian.ru/

Mosnews

Slow-moving "news" site, mostly taken from agency reports.
http://www.mosnews.com/

Itar-tass

State-run news agency with reasonable free web content.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/

Pravda

Intermittently interesting English version of Russia's most famous paper.
http://english.pravda.ru/

FNS-Moscow

Information service providing transcripts of major speeches and press conferences.
http://www.fednews.ru/

The Voice of Russia

Listen to Russia's world service online
http://vor.ru/index_eng.phtml

Interfax

Russia's private news agency is noted for its financial coverage
http://www.interfax.ru/

Kommersant

The top Russian business paper has limited English content online
http://www.kommersant.com/

Radio Free Europe

Cold-war warrior continues to provide extensive Moscow coverage
http://www.rferl.org/