The Rundown -- February 17

RFE/RL in the Media

# Read Daisy Sindelar in "The Atlantic" on why Ukraine's opposition leaders are getting sprayed with green antiseptic

# Daily News Egypt and Japan Times cite RFE/RL reporting on execution of Iranian poet

# UPI cites RFE/RL on anti-Valentine's Day protests in Pakistan

# Global Voices cites RFE/RL Balkans Service coverage of Bosnia protests

# Euronews uses RFE/RL Kazakh Service video from currency devaluation protests in Almaty

Russia

# Russia arrests moderate Circassian leader

# Jailed Sochi environmental activist starts hunger strike

# "Russia’s Hockey Defeat Reopens Old Wounds" - Simon Shuster, "Time"

# Russia's Olympic Park needs change -- "in the most literal sense"

# Kerry slams Russia for "enabling" Assad

# Mapping the languages of the North Caucasus

Ukraine

# Opposition leaves city hall but plans march on parliament

# Crimea leans on Moscow for support

# Lviv basically functioning as if Yanukovych government doesn't exist

Iran

# Would Saudi Arabia develop nuclear weapons in response to Iran deal?

# Rohani supporters frustrated with slow pace of reforms

# "Why Western Business Eyeing Iran is a Good Thing" - Cornelius Adebahr, CNN

# "A Love Story With No Kissing? That's Cinema in Iran" - PRI

Iraq

# Muqtada Al-Sadr leaving politics

# Teaching Syrian refugees to ski in Iraqi Kurdistan

# Iraqi Kurdish government snubs Syrian Kurdish group

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Profile of Afghan teenager on her own in the U.S.

# The backlash over women's rights

# Karachi residents living in fear as Taliban gains strength

# A misleading message from pictures of Pakistan's old days

# "Negotiations with Taliban: Lessons for Afghanistan & Pakistan" - Colin Clarke, Rand

Central Asia

# American hunter pays $50,000 to hunt rare Marco Polo sheep in Tajikistan and gets ripped off even more

# Customs Union to ban laced underwear

Caucasus

# "Sports Illustrated" long-read on Caucasus and conflict

# Georgia may take part in CAR peacekeeping effort

Of Interest

# The online drinking game that's causing panic in the UK

# Incredible archive audio: Boston Symphony Orchestra announces assassination of JFK