http://www.kp.ru/daily/english/    This is a daily newspaper, with what seems like more local small time, outside the propaganda site. Has more personal stories around the situations covered. I like it, just found it today.

http://english.pravda.ru/   site every sort of thing, in addition to news. Like a dating service.  Called Pravda

http://en.rian.ru/  Ria Novisti. Simple news site, only some articles in English.

http://www.russiatoday.ru/    Russia Today.

http://www.eurasianet.org/index.shtml   Central Asia, Caucasus News

Thanks to James for these 2 sites: