Internet resources on Russia and the CIS

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Peter the Great's statue in St. Petersburg

Peter the Great's statue in St. Petersburg

Russian Parliamentary Elections 2011
Government and official information
Economics and statistics
News and media (Russian language)
News and media (English language)
European and American academic sites
Academic sites in Russia
Libraries and archives
Language
Literature
Cinema
Culture and society
Business, industry and science
History
Regions and cities
Search engines
Other resources

Government and official information:

CIA World Factbook - Russia
Constitution of the Russian Federation
Government of the Russian Federation (In Russian)
Internet Law Library - Russia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Moscow City Government
Ofitsial'naia Rossiia (Russian Government Home Page)
President of the Russian Federation
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
State Duma (In Russian)
United Nations Development Programme - Russia

Elections:

Parliamentary Elections - 4 December 2011

Despite lack of level playing field in Russian elections, voters took advantage of right to express choice, observers say (OSCE)
Statement of preliminary findings and conclusions (OSCE report)
CrossTalk: Russia Votes (Russia Today via YouTube)
Clinton points to possible ballot stuffing, other fraud in Russia election (The Washington Post)
McCain warns Putin of 'Arab spring'(Tom Washington - The Moscow Times)
An 'iron hand' is no substitute for democracy(Madeleine Albright and Andrew Kohut - FT)
Clinton calls Russian election unfair (the Washington Post)
Clinton's comment on Duma election disrespectful to OSCE - Lavrov (Voice of Russia)
'US pins labels:' Russia slams Clinton over election criticism(Russia Today)
Medvedev shoos foreign powers from domestic affairs (RIA Novosti)
State Duma speaker Gryzlov compares McCain with March Hare from Alice in Wonderland(RIA NOvosti)
Gorbachev calls for new elections to appease Russians (Shaun Walker - the Independent)
Putin says U.S. stoked Russian protests(Reuters)
Observers Question Fairness of Vote (Moscow Times)
Russian media see flaws in parliamentary election(BBC)
OSCE sees 'lack of level playing field' in Russian elections (RIA Novosti)
Western Monitors Criticize Russian Elections (David M. Herszenhorn, Ellen Barry - the New York Times)
Observers: all in all, elections up to scratch (Russia Today)
No violations at Russia's parliamentary elections - observers (RIA Novosti)
Foreign experts laud Russia elections (Voice of Russia)

Electoral information:

Online map with the elections results (Yandex.ru)
Online map with the elections results (gazeta.ru)
Duma elections: A who's who - video (Russia Today)
An Expat's Guide to the Duma Vote (the Moscow News)
Voting Behaviour - 2011 Duma Campaign (Levada Center)

Images of the elections:

In Russian parliamentary elections, Putin's party stumbles (The Washington Post)
Russia votes: In pictures (BBC)
Election day in Russia (USA today)

Elections on TV (videos):

Russian elections (newstube.ru)

Comments, analysis and opinions:

New parliament will be 'lively' - Medvedev (RIA Novosti)
Little Partying for Opposition, But Plenty of Work (Howard Amos et al. - the Moscow Times)
To boost his bid, Putin needs to retreat from his party: analysts(RIA Novosti)
Election estimates vary(Maria Vesnovskaya - Voice of Russia)
Russia election: Protesters defy rally ban in Moscow(BBC)
Hundreds gathering in Russian capital; riot police on standby(Russia Today)
Russian police and troops mass in Moscow before protest(Miriam Elder - the Guardian)
Troops deployed on Moscow streets after Russia election protests (Andrew Osborn - the Telegraph)
Troops on Moscow streets as tensions flare(Charles Clover FT)
No extra troops deployed in Moscow - Interior ministry (Russia Today)
Hundreds arrested as thousands protest elections in Moscow(Russia Today)
Russia election descends into violence as riot police clash with protesters(Miriam Elder - the Guardian)
Putin May Shift Blame to 'Fall Guy' Medvedev for Vote Setback (Henry Meyer - Bloomberg)
Vladimir Putin: the gremlin in the Kremlin (Andrew Osborn - the Telegraph)
Putin suffers a poll setback amid claims of electoral fraud (Shaun Walker - the Independent)
Putin will still regain the presidency. Media control should see to that (Shaun Walker - the Independent)
Putin 'Weakened' But Will Win Presidency in March (Masha Lipman's interview via Bloomberg)
Putin Majority Signals Stability to Prosperity: Russia Overnight (Halia Pavliva - Bloomberg)
Putin Left Vulnerable By Election Battering (Amanda Walker - Sky News)
Putin's Party Wins Election But Loses Seats (Amanda Walker - Sky News)
Russian elections: support for Vladimir Putin's party drops sharply (Miriam Elder - the Guardian)
Russian election results will be shock for Vladimir Putin (Andrew Osborn - the Telegraph
Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party suffers poll blow (Andrew Osborn - the Telegraph)
Majority for Putin's Party Narrows in Rebuke From Voters(David M. Herszenhorn, Ellen Barry - the New York Times)
Putin's Party Appears to Lose Ground in Vote Marred by Controversy (Lynn Berry - the Time)
Vladimir Putin to be embarrassed in Russian elections, exit polls show (Andrew Osborn - the Telegraph)
Vladimir Putin set to lose majority amid complaints of electoral violations (Miriam Elder - the Guardian)
A slap in the face for United Russia (Gideon Rachman - the Financial Times)
Why do people vote for United Russia?(Dmitri Babich - Livejournal)
Early Russian polls show surprise setback for Vladimir Putin (Fred Weir - the Christian Science Monitor)
Russian parliamentary elections: rousing from a long slumber (the Guardian - editorial)
Dmitri Rogozin: Russia will get an advantage from a stronger competition in Duma In Russian. Dmitri Rogozin - RIA Novosti
From the streets: Russian voices on the election (Reuters)
ANALYSIS: Voters' patience with Russia's rulers thinning, experts say(Stefan Korshak - M and C)

Other issues:

Russian Vote Criticized (by Allan Cullison - WSJ)
Voting irregularities by the opposition parties In Russian (Edinaia Rossia)
Poll violations: Invisible ink, ballot throw-in, illegal propaganda (Russia Today)
Election violations alleged as Russians vote (CBS)
Blogger's rage (Lenta.ru)
'Hacking attacks' hit Russian political sites (BBC)
Independent Russian Websites Hacked, Disabled On Election Day (Radio Free Europe)
Golos Niotkuda - NTV program about Golos (NTV via You Tube)
Voters' rights group inciting 'Orange Revolution'? (Moskovskie Novosti via RIA Novosti)
Observing is okay, interfering is not (Vladimir Stepanov - Russia Beyond the Headlines)
Washington concerned over pressure on Russian election watchdog (RIA Novosti)
Kremlin accused of trying to gag election monitors (BBC)

Previous elections:

Gazeta.ru 2008 Election coverage
Russian Public Opinion Research Center - 2008 Presidential Election
Dmitrii Medvedev's Site - Presidential Campaign 2008
Gennadii Ziuganov's Site - Presidential Campaign 2008
Vladimir Zhirinovskii's message to the voters
Andrei Bogdanov's web site
Vesti - Vybory 2007
Russian Public Opinion Research Center - State Duma Elections 2007
Gazeta.ru 2007 Election coverage
Edinaia Rossiia
Kommunisticheskaia Partiia 2007 Elections
LDPR website
Spravedlivaia Rossiia 2007 Elections
Russian Duma Elections - 7 December 2003 Coverage from the BBC
Central Electoral Commission
Election Reports - Russian Federation (from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights)
ODIHR Election Observation Mission to Russian Federation
Panorama.ru (Free access to information on over a thousand politicians and their organizations. Includes analytical reviews.)
List of political parties in Russia (from Wikipedia)
Political Parties and Organizations - Russian Federation
Russian Election Watch
Russia Votes (Joint project by the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Aberdeen, and the Levada Centre (formerly VCIOM))
Russia's Vote for President 2000 - Election Coverage from the BBC
The Putin Project (from the BBC World Service)

Attack on Domodedovo, 24th January 2011

Economics and statistics:

BISNIS Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States
Central Bank of the Russian Federation
Economist Country Briefings: Russia
EERC Economics Education and Research Consortium
Ekspert (Weekly business magazine)
Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS)
Moscow Stock Exchange
The Russian Economy (Hoover Institution Public Policy Inquiry)
Russian Federation and the IMF
Rusmarket.com - Business Directory
Federal State Statistics Service (Also available in Russian)

News and media (Russian language):

News and media (English language):

European and American academic sites:

Amherst Center for Russian Culture
CRIA: Caucasian Review of International Affairs
ESSA: Early Slavic Studies Association
Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics (from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin.)
Meeting of Frontiers (This site chronicles the parallel experiences of the United States and Russia in exploring, developing and settling their frontiers in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.)
NUPI Centre for Russia Studies Database (Created and maintained by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Population Displacement, State-Building and Social Identity in the Lands of the Former Russian Empire, 1918-1930 (Project based at the School of History and Classics, University of Manchester.)
Russia Votes (Joint project by the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, and the Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research (VCIOM))
Russian Research Programme, University of Warwick
SPRILIB Russian North (Library database of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)