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
- ‘New Wave’ of COVID Surges Again in Central, Southeast Europe (June 30, 2022)
- "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)
- Baltic Times
- Summer trends suggest that Covid-19 situation is normalizing - minister (August 8, 2022)
- Estonia not to buy Valneva COVID vaccine (July 29, 2022)
- More than half of residents believe that the worst of Covid-19 pandemic is over - survey (July 19, 2022)
- Baltic News Network
- Spread of Covid-19 on a rise again in Latvia (September 16, 2022)
- Adapted Covid-19 vaccines becomes available in Latvia (September 13, 2022)
- Week in Lithuania: 935 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths reported on Friday, howitzers delivered to Ukraine (September 10, 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
- Kosovo ready, better prepared for possible autumn COVID-19 wave (August 26, 2022)
- Bulgaria to treat COVID-19 as influenza (August 23, 2022)
- Czechia offers fourth COVID-19 vaccine jab (July 19, 2022)
- EurasiaNet
- As Armenia moves to open border with Turkey, Azerbaijan closes its own (July 5, 2022)
- Turkmenistan: Masks off (June 14, 2022)
- The Moscow Times
- "Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News" (Updated daily)
- N1 (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia)
- Coronavirus UPDATE: 11 deaths, 2,466 new cases (September 20, 2022)
- Croatia logs 471 new COVID-19 cases, three related deaths (September 18, 2022)
- Novinite
- COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 946 New Cases in the Last 24 hours (September 20, 2022)
- Bulgaria: Can we expect COVID Restrictions on the Elections in October? (September 20, 2022)
- COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 140 New Cases in the Last 24 hours (September 19, 2022)
- Ukrinform
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