Links
These links may prove useful to anyone who wants more information.
Religious issues In Russia & CIS
East-West Church & Ministry Report
Provides relevant information on the status of Christianity & Western ministry in the former soviet Union & East Central Europe.
Forum 18 News Service
Forum 18 News Service uses email and website archive to ensure that threats and actions against religious freedom in countries including the Russian Federation & CIS are truthfully reported as quickly as possible across the world.
Russia Religion News
Monitoring news media reports about religion in Russia, its Federated republics, ethnic peoples, CIS, & other countries of the former USSR.
http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/
The Slavic Centre for Law and Justice
This website gives updated information on human rights, religious freedoms in countries of the Russian Federation, countries of the CIS.
General Information on Russian Federation & Cis countries
Columbia Encyclopedia
A great source of information on Russian Federation & CIS, its land & its peoples.
Evgenii Peskin
Russian language books are available through this online library. This site itself is in the Russian language.
http://public-library.narod.ru/
The Russia Journal Daily
A source of daily news on Russian life & its CIS neighbours including the Ukraine.
The World Factbook
Up-to-date information on all aspects of Russian life: Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military, Trans-national Issues.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html
Russia on the Web
Information on Education, Philosophy, News, History, Religion (Russ Orthodox), Culture & Art, Society & Politics, etc.
http://www.valley.net/~transnat/
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wide range of reliable information on various Russia, its Federated republics, its ethnic peoples, & CIS countries e.g. Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, & related topics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
Encarta World Atlas
Customized maps of any areas of the world in either globe or flat projections.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx
NationalGeographic.com Map Machine
Customized maps of any of the areas in Russian Federation, & CIS countries.
http://mapmachine.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Global mission Network agencies & Directories
Evangelical Alliance
Up-to-date world prayer news, resources, and articles.
International Day of Prayer (IDOP)
This page includes information on the 2006 International Day of Prayer for the persecuted church worldwide, a global overview of persecuted events, Prayer requests, Resources, and Affiliated organizations. It also includes forward announcements about 2007 Day of Prayer.
Missions Interlink
A useful directory of Australian affiliated organizations.
http://ea.org.au/MissionsInterlink/ListofMembers.aspx
Open Doors International
Bible delivery programs, leadership training in restricted areas where there is explosive Church growth or simply join an elite corp of prayer partners carrying the persecuted Church in prayer [International] http://sb.od.org/ , or, [Australia]
Biblical Training & Resources
Tools & Training Resource Center. Equipping believers for ministry.