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This mailing list is dedicated to railroads and other rail transportation systems in the former USSR. Discussions are not limited to 1520mm but also include model railroading in the former USSR.

Operating out of McGill University, this highly recommended mailing list is for news, discussions, and announcements about Central Asia. Considered the best moderated forum for Tajikistan studies, Westerners make up the majority participants. Archives of this list can also be found at 

As the only mailing list dedicated entirely to news about Azerbaijan and related topics, this open, currently moderated mailing list uses English as its official language but also handles Azerbaijani and Russian. A sampling of the topics covered include business, education, culture, refugees, sports, and travel.

Located at the University of Southern California, this list is for informationa exchange in the areas of U.S. - Russia related business, news, politics and leisure issues, discussions about problems of interest to those from Russia and for those who have friends that live in Russia or speak Russian, or for those who are willing to listen and to share what they have say that is related to Russia.

An on-line educational project of the students at the Kyrgyz-American School inBishkek, this is a semi-regular e-mail newsletter reporting on generalbusiness news in Kyrgyzstan. The online edition is made possible by with the assistance of the Irex-sponsored Kyrgyzstan Freenet.

This list provides the platform for discussing all types media in the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) with particular emphasis on newspapers, radio, and television.

This weekly e-mail newsletter contains news and analysis on today's Russia, including political, economic, social, military, and foreign policy issues. Subscribe to the news letter by emailing David Johnson at djohnson@cdi.org. 

Run by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies this list only distributes submitted announcements relative to Central Asian studies including events, programs, opportunities, publications, and similar matters. This list primarily covers Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. An archive is also available at this site.

This mailing list covers the politics, history and culture of Central Europe.

An unmoderated discussion group about Kazakstan and its people, this list distributes news about subjects such as Kazak economic, political, and legal affairs. Many Kazakhstan natives are contributers.

The Russian language version describing this forum for discussing media in the NIS.