Their WWW site provides varied bibliographical, research and teaching aids, academic announcements and other online resources. 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. This main purpose of this list is to unite people in Russian speaking communites of the world with each other. Their WWW Server contains detailed information the list, subscribing plus an archive of the postings on this excellent listserver that was developed and is maintained by Alex Kaplan.
Many Kazakhstan natives are contributers.
The online edition is made possible by with the assistance of the Irex-sponsored Kyrgyzstan Freenet. This weekly e-mail newsletter contains news and analysis on today's Russia, including political, economic, social, military, and foreign policy issues. Many new email friendships have begun in exactly this way.