On July 28 William Reger wrote:
 
>Can anyone out there give me any idea what's being done in the CIS in
>archeology?  Any new developments since things have opened up?  Any new
>professional connections being established between western archeologists
>and scholars in Russia or any of the former republics?  What are the major
>trends of Russian archeology?
 
Three historical archaeologists from Australia, including a maritime
archaeologist, are about to travel to the Urals at the invitation of
Russian archaeologists to investigate nineteenth century mining sites.
Sorry I haven't got more details than that, but the contact person in
Australia is
 
Dr. Aedeen Cremin,
Celtic Studies,
University of Sydney,
Sydney
New South Wales 2006.