The Current Digest of the Russian Press Digital Archive
An unprecedented collection of translations of authoritative Soviet and Russian primary source materials
Published continuously since 1949, The Current Digest of the Russian Press (formerly The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press) is a leading primary source in the field of Soviet/Russian area studies. Each week, it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English, covering a wide range of issues in the post-Soviet space and the international arena. It draws from a broad spectrum of sources – pro-government, moderate, fiercely oppositionist – and features a diverse range of reporters and authors, from the Valdai Club’s Fyodor Lukyanov to Novaya gazeta’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov. Intended for use in teaching and research, the translations are thus presented as documentary materials without elaboration or commentary, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not the publishers of the journal.
Historically, The Current Digest selected and translated content on relevant issues from the most authoritative Soviet and Russian newspapers, representing the only consistently published journal to document post-World War II history, from the testing of the Soviet atomic bomb to the collapse of an empire. In the present day, it serves as a unique, multifaceted showcase for Russian journalists’ and pundits’ views on topics that affect our whole world.
Current issues of The Current Digest of the Russian Press include content from such news sources as: Ekspert, Izvestiia, Kommersant, Meduza, Moscow Times, New Times, Nezavisimaia gazeta, Novaia gazeta, RBC Daily, Republic.ru, Rossiiskaia gazeta, Sovetskaia Rossiia, Trud, and Vedomosti.
