Links

Media

• Russia Beyond the Headlines
• ThisIsRussia – photos of Russian cities, villages, nature etc. Everything, but Red Square
• Kommersant – one of main daily Russian newspapers
• Vedomosti – major Russian business newspaper
• TVRain.ru – Russia’s leading independent online TV channel
• Slon.ru – business news and blogs
• Lenta.ru – newsfeed
• Gazeta.ru – electronic news
• Openspace – leading source on Russian art and culture
• LookAtMe.ru – Russian youth and hipster online hub
• TheoryAndPractice.ru – popular science and culture, online lectures and courses
• Lurkmore – Russian (and much better :) version of Encyclopaedia Dramatica
• WayToRussia.net – popular independent guide to Russia online written and researched by the locals

Russian culture in the UK

• Pushkin House, Russian cultural centre in London
• Academia Rossica, a London-based arts organisation with inter-cultural projects in every field; from contemporary art and music to literature and film

Russian Societies in the UK

• GB-Russia Society
• RussianStudents.net
• Pushkin House London
• Russian Speaking Community Council UK
• The Russian Speaking Society, Cambridge

Alumni

• British Alumni Club

(If you join any alumni association, please do tell them that you’ve heard of them from CU Russian Society:) )