http://www.russiatoday.com/en
Official Russian TV chanel in English

http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/
A website made initially by a joint effort of Russian and American citizens in an attempt to find out more about each others’ cultures after the end of the Cold War.

http://www.wokrugsveta.ru/
(In Russian) This Russian journal covers most aspects of life, starting with historical events, other cultures, developments in astronomy, medicine and other sciences (including environmentally friendly technologies), famous people’s biographies, new societal developments etc. This is one of the best Russian journals currently around and has a good level of language employed in it.

http://www.russianmuseums.info/
Here is a website with links to Russian museums one can visit.

http://www.russianculture.ru/
A website about Russian culture (in Russian), if you don’t speak Russian well or at all, you can use links in the “TRANSLATE” section to get a rough English translation of the texts.

http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/lang/russian/162/culture.html
Here again, you can find links to museums, texts about Russian towns, their history and some prominent historical figures, as well as art and music.