RFE/RL in the Media
# Read Richard Solash and Tom Balmforth in "The Atlantic" on the artist behind the Putin in lingerie painting
Syria
# The U.K. says no
# Syria moving prisoners to likely sites of strikes
# "The Economist says "hit him hard"
# Rumsfeld says Obama hasn't justified Syria attack
# "An Open Letter on Syria to Western Narcissists" - Human Province
Iran
# "Syria Offers Opportunity for U.S.-Iran Talks" - Arron Merat, Al Monitor
# "Diplomacy With Iran is Key to Ending Syria War" - Andrew Parasiliti, "Time"
# "Tour Iran? Operators Hope So" - Emily Brennan, "The New York Times"
# "Dreaming of a new golden age" in Iran
Egypt
# Al Jazeera calls on Egypt to release its journalists
# Departing U.S. Ambassador to Egypt's letter to "Al Ahram" newspaper
Russia
# Navalny campaign denies reports that candidate "toasted the Holocaust"
# Moscow elections will have "profound implications" for Russia's future
# Coca-Cola issues statement on Sochi
# Putin orders inquiry into handling of floods
# New law on assets abroad forces oligarchs to leave politics
# "East by Far East: Vladivostok Rocks" - Melena Rzyik, "The New York Times"
# Skolkovo - too little too late
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# 33 year sentence for doctor who helped find Bin Laden overturned
# New details on bin Laden raid
# Not enough female security forces in Afghanistan to protect women voters
# Photos - The mines of Afghanistan
Iraq
# "Iraq Opposing Strike on Syria Highlights Region's Complexity" - Dina al-Shibeeb, Al Arabiya
# Infographic - escalation of violence in Iraq
Central Asia
# Rape charges as "anti opposition weapon" in Uzbekistan
# "U.S. Banker Deploys Polygraph to Thwart Kazakhstan Theft" - Nariman Gizitdinov & Jason Corcoran, Bloomberg
# Kazakhstan is the world's top uranium producer, but what are the costs?
Eastern Europe
# Ukraine tells Russia to "accept reality" on new trade deal
Caucasus
# "Choices for the South Caucasus" - "The New York Times"
# "Azerbaijan: Opposition Journalists Face Free-Flat Conflict" - Shahin Abbasov, Eurasianet