RFE/RL in the Media
# Daily Beast uses RFE/RL Ukrainian Service video
# "Washington Post" and RIA Novosti cite RFE/RL on Bulatov abduction
Russia
# "Pussy Riot Comes to Brooklyn" - David Remnick, "New Yorker"
# "The Loneliness of Vladimir Putin" - Julia Ioffe, "New Republic"
# "The Sochi Olympics and the Facade of Russian Progress" - Gregory Feifer, "LA Times"
# Medvedev says government needs to come up with a post-Olympic plan for Sochi venues
# Photos - Still lots to be done
# Video: Beslan, 10 years later
Ukraine
# Kissinger: Putin thinks Ukraine is a "dress rehearsal" for Moscow
# Yanukovych options look "dismal"
# "How Russia is Fighting to Regain Control of Ukraine" - Simon Shuster, "Time"
# Ukraine government and opposition clash in Munich
# The growing number of disappeared
Eastern Europe
# "Distressed" hippos forced to perform in freezing Belarus
Iran
# Zarif tells Kerry he's not authorized to discuss Syria
# Mehdi Karrubi, opposition leader, transferred to house arrest
# Rohani gets backing from conservative clerics for nuclear approach
# French business delegation with 100 people is set to visit Iran today
# Iran's brain drain problem
Iraq
# Army increases shelling of Fallujah
# Iraq deputy PM calls Kurdish oil "gray area"
# Joe Biden right about dividing Iraq?
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Two aides to Abdullah Abdullah fatally shot in attack
# "Guardian's" Afghanistan election guide
# Karzai says he has not spoken to Obama since June; calls America "rivals" and Taliban "brothers"
# "Our Wasted Effort in Afghanistan" - Steve Chapman, Real Clearl Politics
# Pakistan Sunni leaders call for ceasefire during talks
# Profile of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bhutto heir
# "Pakistan, a Nation Raised by ‘Maids’ and ‘Aayas’" - Kiran Zafar, Tribune
Central Asia
# Tensions over water resources in Central Asia
# Turkey's religious outreach in Central Asia and the Caucasus
# New prices for natural gas announced in Turkmenistan
Caucasus
# Lethal luge accident still brings pain in Georgia
# U.S. company buys Armenian power plants for $250 million
Of Interest
# Golden Dawn gives itself a new name