These links are to English language sites and news resources:

News, Commentary
Antiwar.com — leading antiwar publication on the net with links to numerous mainstream news sources
RIA Novosti (Russia) — Russia News Agency
Radio France Internationale — in English
Agence France Press
ITAR-TASS (Russia) — news agency
Radio Oesterreich 1 International (Radio Austria International) — online radio news and culture broadcasts
Timely Thoughts (Netherlands, USA, Russia) — independent news and commentary with emphasis on the Baltics and NW Russia.

Rise of ethnic fascism in the Baltics
official vandalism in Estonia
http://bronze-soldier.com — a site of Bronze Soldier defenders and their supporters with news and some commentary

Human rights
Amnesty International

History, Second World War
Great Patrioric War — independent selection of historic documents which may appear a bit unusual to those who got used to cold war propaganda, a valuable anti-war resource.
Russian victories — independent private site by the same author.

Periodicals
Exile.ru — Moscow's unusual English language weekly

Cities, architecture, history
St. Petersburg:
Nevsky-Prospekt — a site by Neil Harvey, dedicated to Nevsky Prospekt

We would appreciate you placing a link to the timely-thoughts and will consider adding reciprocal link to our pages.