A Guide to Russian and Eastern European Studies: Newspapers and News Websites

"The Moscow Times is an independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates such as hotels, cafés, embassies, and airlines, and also by subscription. [...] The newspaper became online-only in July 2017 and launched its Russian-language service in 2020. In 2022, its headquarters were relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands in response to restrictive media laws passed in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The website was later banned in Russia." - Wikipedia
Proxied link to web archive here. (Full-text coverage 2009 - 2022)

"The St. Petersburg Times was a weekly newspaper issued in St. Petersburg, Russia. It served the expatriate community, tourists, and Russians interested in an international perspective on local and world affairs. Publication began in May 1993, and was suspended on 24 December 2014. The editorial staff tweeted that the situation was connected with the economic crisis in Russia and current legislative environment." - from Wikipedia
Proxied link to web archive here. (Full-text coverage 2000 - 2015)

"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that 'the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed'." - from Wikipedia

Russian government-sponsored English-language website "launched in 2007 by the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a newspaper published by the Government of Russia. The Guardian commentator Roy Greenslade, in 2014, and former Slate journalist Jack Shafer, in 2007, accused Russia Beyond of being propaganda." - from Wikipedia

"RBK Daily (Russian: РБК daily) is a general business newspaper published in Moscow, Russia." - from Wikipedia
Proxied link to web archive here. (Full-text coverage 2010 - 2016)

"Novaya Gazeta (Russian: Новая газета, IPA: [ˈnovəjə ɡɐˈzʲetə], lit. 'New Gazette') is an independent Russian newspaper known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs. It is published in Moscow, in regions within Russia, and in some foreign countries. The print edition is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; English-language articles on the website are published on a weekly basis in the form of the Russia, Explained newsletter." - from Wikipedia

"Izvestia (Russian: Известия, IPA: [ɪzˈvʲesʲtʲɪjə], 'The News') is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia. Founded in 1917, it was a newspaper of record in the Soviet Union until the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, and describes itself now as a 'national newspaper' of Russia. The word izvestiya in Russian means 'bring news' or 'tidings', 'herald' (an official messenger bringing news), derived from the verb izveshchat ('to inform', 'to notify')." - from Wikipedia

"The New Times (Russian: Новое Время) is a Russian language magazine in Russia. The magazine was founded in 1943. The current version, established in 1988, is a liberal, independent Russian weekly news magazine, publishing for Russia and Armenia. (During the Soviet times it was a multi-language political magazine which followed the official party line.) Its chief editor is Russian investigative journalist, political scientist, writer and radio host Yevgenia Albats." - from Wikipedia

"Nezavisimaya Gazeta (Russian: Независимая газета, IPA: [nʲɪzɐˈvʲisʲɪməjə ɡɐˈzʲetə], lit. 'Independent Newspaper') is a Russian daily newspaper. [...] Information ranging from a wide variety of sources, such as reporters, political scientists, historians, art historians, as well as critics are published in the newspaper. The newspaper also offers eight supplements and covers the issues of politics, society, culture and art." - from Wikipedia

"NEWSru.com was a Russian online news site, based in Moscow, which had a government-critical orientation. On May 31, 2021, the site announced it would discontinue its news reporting 'for economic reasons, but ones caused specifically by the political situation in our country', but that the 'entire archive accumulated over 21 years of work' would remain available." - from Wikipedia

A much longer list of Russian newspaper websites is available at this link.

"The Kyiv Post is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden." - from Wikipedia
Proxied link to web archive here. (Full-text coverage 1997 - 2022)

"The Kyiv Independent is an English-language Ukrainian online newspaper founded in 2021 by former staff of the Kyiv Post and media consultancy Jnomics Media. [...] 30 of the 50 laid-off staff members of the editorial team of the Kyiv Post founded the Kyiv Independent three days after its closure, on November 11, 2021. The journalists expressed their point of view, they did not believe that there would continue to be an independent Kyiv Post and therefore wanted to establish a new publication." - Wikipedia

"Expres (Ukrainian: Експрес, also transliterated Ekspres or Express) is a Ukrainian language Lviv-based, daily broadsheet newspaper founded in 1992. It claims to be the biggest newspaper in Ukraine in Ukrainian in terms of circulation. Its popularity is based in Western Ukraine." - from Wikipedia

Russian-language daily based in the cities of Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, and Dnipro.