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
- Baltic Times
- Baltic News Network
- Carnegie Moscow Center
- "Russia's Vaccine Diplomacy is Mostly Smoke and Mirrors" (August 3, 2021)
- "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)
- EurActiv
- "Romania's COVID-19 death toll hits new record" (October 7, 2021)
- "Vaccinated Greeks to have more 'privileges' as COVID-19 death toll steadily increases" (October 6, 2021)
- "Protesters go against Dodik after COVID-19 patients treated with industrial oxygen" (October 4, 2021)
- "Slovenian Constitutional Court thwarts tightening of COVID pass conditions" (October 1, 2021)
- EurasiaNet
- "Armenian vaccination mandate faces backlash" (September 29, 2021)
- "Armenia to effectively require COVID vaccinations for all employees" (September 8, 2021)
- Kyiv Post
- The Moscow Times
- N1 (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- "Coronavirus Update: 49 deaths, 6,401 new cases in Serbia" (October 8, 2021)
- "Coronavirus: Croatia logs 1,691 coronavirus cases, 22 deaths" (October 8, 2021)
- "Bosnia reports 694 new coronavirus cases and 28 fatalities" (October 8, 2021)
- Novinite
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