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
- "Travelling To/From the Balkans? The COVID-19 Rules that Apply" (July 8, 2021)
- "As Vaccination Campaigns Falter, CEE Countries Get Creative" (July 7, 2021)
- "Bulgaria May bin Unused COVID-19 Jabs as Vaccination Falters" (July 5, 2021)
- Baltic Times
- "For in-person education to resume, it is necessary to vaccinate at least 80% of teachers - minister" (July 5, 2021)
- "Latvian medical experts stress need for more vaccinations" (July 1, 2021)
- "DoctorOnline founder and CEO Gregory Gluskin: 'COVID-19 was great for our business" (July 1, 2021)
- "Circumstances for future lockdowns should be considered - Lithuanian PM" (June 28, 2021)
- "Lithuanian health minister expects June to be last month under lockdown" (June 21, 2021)
- Baltic News Network
- "Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. Latvia - 18, Lithuania - 22, Estonia - 21" (July 12, 2021)
- "Estonia requires guests from third countries to come with negative tests" (July 12, 2021)
- "Vaccinate or leave Latvian army. Firm choice to troops offered until August 1" (July 9, 2021)
- "Riga to offer schools EUR 1.5 million for active vaccination against Covid-19" (July 8, 2021)
- "Employers to be able to sack workers without Covid-19 certificate in Latvia" (July 7, 2021)
- Carnegie Moscow Center
- "Podcast: Has Russia's COVID Vaccine Gotten Lost in Politics?" (March 30, 2021)
- "Does Coronavirus Herald the Age of Totalitarian Surveillance in Russia and Eurasia?" (March 11, 2021)
- "Podcast: How Has Coronavirus Altered the Debate on Digital Surveillance?" (December 15, 2020)
- “Russia in the Asia-Pacific: Less Than Meets the Eye” (September 3, 2020)
- “Authoritarian Weaknesses and the Pandemic” (August 11, 2020)
- EurActiv
- "COVID cases to soar in children but schools should stay open - EU health agency" (July 9, 2021)
- "Investigation launched into Greek airport over alleged COVID deal" (July 8, 2021)
- "Bulgaria looking to donate expiring COVID vaccines" (July 6, 2021)
- "COVID-free and 'mixed' bars: Greece tightens rules against unvaccinated" (July 5, 2021)
- "Russia COVID-19 deaths hit new record as EU eyes tourism reboot" (July 1, 2021)
- EurasiaNet
- "Dashboard: Vaccinating Eurasia - July"
- "Armenia changes vaccination policy as Iranian vaccine tourists flock" (July 12, 2021)
- "Kazakhstan: Black market in fake coronavirus passports booms"
- "Can Georgia vaccinate its way out of recession?" (June 24, 2021)
- "Kyrgyzstan: As third COVID-19 wave hits, protection options vanishingly small" (June 24, 2021)
- "Tajikistan: COVID-19 crisis escalates, forcing government to drop denials" (June 21, 2021)
- Kyiv Post
- The Moscow Times
- "Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News"
- "Russia's Sputnik V Produces Weaker Response Against Delta, Other Variants - Developers' Study" (July 12, 2021)
- "Russia Sets Latest Pandemic High for Coronavirus Deaths" (July 10, 2021)
- "Russia's Black Sea Resorts to Require Tourists to Vaccinate" (July 9, 2021)
- "EU Invites Russia to Discuss Mutual Vaccine Certificate Recognition - TASS" (July 9, 2021)
- N1 (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- "Coronavirus UPDATE: 1 death, 118 new cases in Serbia" (July 12, 2021)
- "Bosnia reports 11 new coronavirus cases and six fatalities" (July 12, 2021)
- "Coronavirus: Croatia reports 15 new cases, 2 deaths, and 94 recoveries" (July 12, 2021)
- Novinite
- "COVID-19 in Bulgaria:16 New Cases" (July 12, 2021)
- "COVID-19 in Bulgaria: No New Infections in 15 Areas" (July 11, 2021)
- "Survey: Over 70% of Staff is Vaccinated in only 4% of Schools in Bulgaria" (July 8, 2021)
- Radio Prague International
- "Health Minister: Mobile teams will be sent out to vaccinate in excluded neighborhoods" (July 12, 2021)
- Covid reproduction number at its highest since October" (July 12, 2021)
- "Interval between first and second coronavirus vaccine doses shortened to 21 days" (July 12, 2021)
- "Two walk-in vaccination centres to open in Prague" (July 11, 2021)
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