If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. - Francis Bacon
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. - Benjamin Disraeli

The global telecommunications revolution provides unequaled opportunities for exchange between countries and cultures long isolated from each other. Below we provide information on telecommunications issues and particularly to those related to exchange and collaboration with Russia.

Many links on our site bring you pages written in Russian. To read them successfully you will need Cyrillic Fonts installed on your computer.

  • Russian Internet Information Infrastructure

    Information about the internet infrastructure in Russia

  • Russian Academic/Research Networks

    Academic/Research Networks in Russia.

  • Russian Internet Service Providers

    A listing of Russian Internet Service Providers.

  • Russian Public Access Sites and Programs

    Internet Public Access Sites in Russia

  • Communities in Russia

    A list of sites describing or representing various Russian communities and regions.

  • Russian Communities Around the World

    A listing of communities around the world made up of those who are of Russian heritage.

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    Deidre Shelly (of CCSI) has put together a beautiful site about this city formerly known as Gorki. Please visit Nizhnii Novgorod (a city of special interest to us as it is the home place of F&P's own Sveta Sandler).