COVID-19 Resource Page

Below is a list of resources on the COVID-19 pandemic in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and links to articles from current events/news websites on the region. We have also included a link to our online curriculum page and a link to updates from summer language programs. If you would like to add a resource or news website to the list, please contact us at reec@illinois.edu

Academic Resources in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

• American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC)
  • COVID-19 in Armenia: https://arisc.org/armenia/
  • COVID-19 in Azerbaijan: https://arisc.org/azerbaijan/
  • COVID-19 in Georgia: https://arisc.org/georgia/
• Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES): https://www.aseees.org/covid-19
• Center for Slavic and East European Studies at The Ohio State University Notes from the Field COVID-19 Series: https://u.osu.edu/slaviccenter/category/fieldnotes/
• EEAS Special Report Update: Short Assessment of Narratives and Disinformation Around the COVID-19 Pandemic: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/eeas-special-report-update-short-assessment-of-narratives-and-disinformation-around-the-covid-19-pandemic/
• Government of the Republic of Croatia Verified COVID-19 Updates: https://www.koronavirus.hr/ (For English site: https://www.koronavirus.hr/en)
• Institute of Public Health of Serbia COVID-19 Updates: https://covid19.rs/ (for English site: https://covid19.rs/homepage-english/)
• Minerva Research Initiative: “National Security Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis: The Urgent Need to Build State Capacity” (April 16, 2020)
• Online Teaching Tools for the Plague-Averse (created by Eliot Borenstein, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University): https://www.facebook.com/groups/PlagueAverse/
• Resources to help get through COVID-19 (Google Doc created by academics in REEES on online teaching, working/learning from home, and webinars): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XKI2XGkTIh1fPwlBOBZ6H4i732pvOZHyufaSdFc40Jc/edit#heading=h.z5aseua0gjg
• Social Science Research Center (SSRC): COVID-19 and the Social Sciences (includes information on other world regions)
  • “Trees and Toxins in Soviet Town Planning” (April 21, 2020)

Current Events/News Websites on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia

• Balkan Insight
  • "From Vaccination to War: Slovak Disinformation Outlets Quick to Shift the Conversation" (April 6, 2022)
  • "Serbia Welcomes WHO Permit to Produce COVID Vaccines" (February 24, 2022)
  • "Brexit, Pandemic Show Cooperation is Only Way Forward: EC Chief in Slovakia" (February 22, 2022)
• Baltic Times
  • "European Parliament backs one-year extension of Covid-19 certificate" (May 5, 2022)
  • "Leftover Covid-19 funds to be used to help businesses switch focus away from Russia and Belarus" (April 26, 2022)
  • "Health Ministry working on Covid-19 action plan for fall" (April 23, 2022)
•  Baltic News Network
  • "Latvia to lift mask-wearing requirement for public transports on 15 May" (May 10, 2022)
  • "Latvia to lift COVID certificate requirement for teachers this year" (May 3, 2022)
  • "Baltic PMs: surplus of COVID-19 vaccines creates new challenges" (April 29, 2022)
• Carnegie Moscow Center
  • "Post-Pandemic, Russia and China Must Improve Migration Governance" (December 24, 2021)
  • "How Has Coronavirus Changed International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy?" (October 29, 2021)
• EurActiv
  • "Slovenian government's COVID-19 decree declared unconstitutional" (May 5, 2022)
  • "Serbia lifts COVID-19 entry restrictions" (May 3, 2022)
  • "North Macedonia lifts COVID-19 entry restrictions" (April 22, 2022)
• EurasiaNet
  • "Georgia's doctors on the vanguard of vaccine hesitancy" (February 18, 2022)
  • "Amid spike in COVID, Georgia drops passport system" (February 8, 2022)
• The Moscow Times
  • "Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News" (Updated daily)
• N1 (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia) 
  • "Coronavirus UPDATE: 1 death, 404 new cases in Serbia" (May 16, 2022)
  • "Coronavirus: Croatia reports 42 new cases and 12 deaths" (May 16, 2022)
• Novinite
  • "COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 126 New Cases in the Last 24 Hours" (May 16, 2022)
• Ukrinform
  • "Nearly 63,000 Ukrainians fully jabbed against COVID-19" (February 23, 2022)
  • "Ukraine sees decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations - Liashko" (February 21, 2022)
  • "Antiviral medicine Molnupiravir delivered to regions - Liashko" (February 21, 2022)

Publicly Available Online Curriculum from REEEC

Looking for activities for children who are home from school? Learn about Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia! REEEC has publicly available curriculum on our region for students ranging from pre-school age to high school: curricula and lesson plans.

COVID-19 Updates from the University of Illinois
For more information and resources on the University’s response to COVID-19, please see https://covid19.illinois.edu/ and http://mckinley.illinois.edu/covid-19