The Rundown -- February 28

RFE/RL in the Media

# Daily Beast cites RFE/RL Ukrainian Service video of concrete barriers being built in Sevastopol

# Slate quotes Brian Whitmore's interview with Alexandr Motyl on a potential Ukraine split

# Huffington Post cites Rob Coalson's piece on rising separatism in Crimea

# "The Telegraph" cites RFE/RL on the east-west language mix that's more complicated than it seems; also posted in "The Atlantic"

# Foreign Policy quotes Natalie Sedletska in story on journalists going through Yanukovych's documents

Ukraine

# Armed men take airport in Simferopol

# "Ukraine’s New Leaders Struggle to Govern Under the Gun" - Simon Shuster, "Time"

# Ukraine draws Obama into Putin's long game

# How the revolt of Vendee compares to what's happening in Ukraine now

Russia

# "Putin's Silence on Ukraine Adds to Confusion" - Steven Lee Myers, "New york Times"

# "Will Russia Invade Crimea?" U.S. Intel says no

# "Why Russia Won't Invade" - Kimberly Martin, "Foreign Affairs"

# Russia stocks sink

Eastern Europe

# 17 unbelievable photos of Belarus special forces

# The post-Soviet surprises of Chisinau

# Poland's unfinished revolution in Eastern Europe

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Afghanistan human rights commissioner says country has no choice but to sign BSA

# "Hard Talk Aside, Little Desire by the West to Leave Afghanistan" - Helene Cooper, "New York Times"

# Britain leaves Helmand project "unfinished"

# Pakistan won't target Taliban who concentrate fighting in Afghanistan

# Pakistani campaigners say YouTube should be un-censored thanks to U.S. court decision

Iran

# Iran resumes work at "suspicious military base"

# Gay, Iranian refugee couple becomes "Facebook superstars"

# U.S. says Iran is still among world's worst human rights abusers

# Big Democratic donors urge Congress to back off Iran sanctions

Iraq

# Iraq commemorates 1920 revolt against Britain in new museum

# Iraq's war on heavy metal

Caucasus

# U.S. urges Georgia to further integrate with the West

Central Asia

# Uzbekistan: "The Corruption Corridor" - David Trilling, Politico

# 16 percent increase in tourists to Uzbekistan last year, according to official statistics

Balkans

# Protests continue in Bosnia

# An al-Qaeda mole who was killed in Bosnia

Of Interest

# British spies have a webcam porn problem

# Video: Why cheap phones mean big bucks