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This page includes sites for the military, police, intelligence, and regional alliances as well as military history. The Internet in Russia holds a wealth of sites on these topics ranging from veterans' pages and sites devoted to particular branches or units of the military to literary portals commemorating historic or tragic events and police and crime-related sites. As the scope is broad, so too are the creators of such sites, with pages by enthusiasts, veterans, academics, established organizations, nonprofit groups, and news agencies.
Index for this page: Ministries and Agencies General Resources Military News and History Law Enforcement and Crime
Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (http://www.fsb.ru)
Site of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. In Russian. Alternate URL is http://www.fsb.gov.ru.
МЧС России (http://www.mchs.gov.ru)
Site of the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies, and Liquidation of the Consequences of Natural Disasters. In Russian.
Министерство обороны Российской Федерации (http://www.mil.ru)
Site of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In Russian.
Министерство внутренных дел России (http://www.mvdinform.ru)
Site of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a crime-fighting agency in Russia. In both Russian and English; more information in Russian.
Пограничная служба, ФСБ России (http://fps.ru)
Site of the Border Guards of the Russian Federation. In Russian.
Система спецслужб России (http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/)
List and basic details for various security agencies and commissions in Russia. Information compiled by the experts at the portal Agentura.ru. In Russian. An abbreviated English version of this list can be accessed by going to the main page of Agentura in English and clicking on the link for "Russian Intelligence."
Служба Внешней Разведки России (http://svr.gov.ru)
Site of the Russian Foreign Espionage Service agency. In Russian.
Совет безобасности – Российская Федерация (http://www.scrf.gov.ru)
Site of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. In Russian.
Soviet/Russian Intelligence
Agencies (http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/)
Introduction and background as well as links to a variety of services under the security and defense councils, intelligence-related facilities, intelligence programs and activities, and sources and resources. From the Federation of American Scientists.
Agentura. On Behalf of National Security (http://www.agentura.ru/english/)
Founded in 2000, portal is an "Internet-community of journalists who write about intelligence and secret services." In Russian and English; more information on the Russian pages.
Agentura.Ru Studies and Research Centre (ASRC) (http://studies.agentura.ru/english/)
A Russian nonprofit nongovernmental organization providing research, analysis, and commentaries on security and terrorism issues. Founded in 2005, ASRC is a research department of Agentura.Ru project (www.agentura.ru)-- an Internet-community of journalists writing about intelligence and security services. Centre experts are journalists, former security and intelligence agents, lawyers, and human rights activists. Links include fighting terrorism, terrorist attacks, and terrorist organizations. In English; more information in Russian.
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (http://www.armscontrol.ru)
Site includes many reports and other information on arms control. Includes links to publications and the Arms Trade and Military Technical Cooperation Register. In English and Russian; but more information available in Russian.
World Anticriminal and Antiterrorist Forum (WAAF) (http://www.waaf.ru)
WAAF is an international NGO working toward a "united front of the anti-criminal and anti-terrorist forces." In Russian and English.
Красная звезда (http://www.redstar.ru)
A weekly online version of the daily newspaper Krasnaia zvezda, the main organ of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which began publication in 1924. The archive of back issues begins with 2005. In Russian.
Мемориал. 1812 год (http://www.museum.ru/MUSEUM/1812/Memorial/)
Virtual museum project devoted to the War of 1812 between Russia and France . Provides full text of memoirs and other documents related to the war, bibliographies, and reproductions of art works. In Russian and English; more information in Russian.
Независимое военное обозрение (http://nvo.ng.ru)
Weekly military newspaper issued as a supplement to Nezavisimaia gazeta. Archive of back issues beginning with 1999. In Russian.
Победа-60 (http://www.pobeda-60.ru/main.php)
Site dedicated to information about the 60th anniversary of the Russian defeat of Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. Provides related news, information for veterans, and historical data. In Russian.
Военная литература (http://militera.lib.ru)
Large digital library of works on military topics. Genres include memoirs, diaries, biographies, poetry, propaganda. In Russian.
Забытый полк (http://www.polk.ru)
Site concerning Russian soldiers who were declared missing during various 20th century wars beginning with World War II. Includes a database of names, discussion forum, memoirs, and links to related Web sites. In Russian.
Министерство внутренных дел России: Щит и меч (http://www.mvdinform.ru/?docid=845)
Full text of Shchit i mech, the weekly publication on crime issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Back issues are available beginning with 2003. In Russian.
Правоохранительный портал 02.RU (http://www.02.ru)
Russian law-enforcement portal with database of contact information for law enforcement agencies in all regions of Russia and for identifying all kinds of weapons. The title comes from the Russian police emergency phone number - 02. Sponsored by several law enforcement organizations and benevolent associations. In Russian.
Центр исследования компьютерной преступности (http://www.crime-research.ru)
Computer Crime Research Center, founded in 2001 in Ukraine. Although this Web site originates in Ukraine, it has much information about Russia, and is in Russian.
www.cry.ru: Происшествия. События. Факты (http://www.cry.ru)
Online news source devoted to social and criminal issues such as drugs, scandals, corruption, and terrorism. Archives of back issues beginning with 1998 when cry.ru was founded. In Russian.
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