Sources

LISTENING   |    WATCHING    |  READING

Listening   

• Radio stations

top-radio.ru – that’s a good website, where you can find all Russian radio stations according to your musical preferences or any other goals.

• Audio books

prochtu.ru – we’ve found a nice portal with many audio books that are absolutely free.

• Podcasts

russiancast.club – this site includes a full list of various fantastic podcasts!

russianrocket.libsyn.com – podcast for Russian language enthusiasts

Watching 

• Movies

Here we recommend three the most popular film studious in USSR and their movies: Mosfilm, Lenfilm and Odessa film studio.

• Series and shows

“Как я стал русским” – 20 comedy episodes about a young American guy who is becoming Russian.

“Мастер маргарита” – series based on the popular Michael Bulgakov’s novel.

“Кухня” – very nice series about chef and his team (with English subs).

“Идиот” – the Dostoevsky’s novel adapted into a film.

Other hilarious series like “Смешарики”/Kikoriki, “Better then us”, “Маша и медведь” / “Masha and the bear” you can watch on Netflix!

Reading 

• Books

vknige.net – this source includes thousands of Russian books. And yes, you can find even your favorite American books here and read them in Russian!

• News

Independent and Relatively Independent Sources: meduza.io, bbc.com/russian, ru.euronews.com, novayagazeta.ru

Government-Controlled Sources: lenta.ru, gazeta.ru, echo.msk.ru, russian.rt.com, www.sputnik.ru

• Blogs

Following the links below you will find the information published by foreigners who experienced the life in Russia.

planetrussia.info, moscow-on-the-line.blogspot.com, england-moscow.com, go2gilles.blogspot.com, interculturalist.wordpress.com