The Rundown -- March 19

RFE/RL in the Media

# Read Tom Balmforth and Daisy Sindelar on how Maidan is coping in "The Atlantic"

# CNN uses RFE/RL video of Ukraine recruits in training

# CBS uses RFE/RL Ukrainian Service photos for piece on Ukrainian opposition members in Crimea

# Kurt Volker calls for increased RFE/RL and VOA funding in Foreign Policy

Russia

# "Putin 3.0" - Mark Galeotti

# "Helping Ukraine is Punishing Russia" - Steven Pifer, Brookings

# Growing support in Congress for kicking Russia out of G8

# "Putin TV Wants You to Think Italy Is a Bigger Story Than Crimea" - James Kirchick, Daily Beast

# "If Not a Cold War, a Return to a Chilly Rivalry" - Peter Baker, "New York Times"

# Rogozin threatens to cancel arms control contract with France

# Umarov reportedly dead

# Infographic: how the German and Russian economies are mutually dependent

Ukraine

# First blood: 2 reportedly killed during assault on Ukrainian military base in Crimea

# Residents of eastern Ukraine warn of guerilla war if Russia invades

# Crisis weighs on Germany's economic outlook

# "For Some in Ukraine, Russia's Pull Runs Deep" - David Filipov, "Boston Globe"

# Crimea "edit war" on Wikipedia

Moldova

# Moldova warns Russia over annexation of Transnistria

# Pro-Russian activists "appeal" to Russia for support for succession

# Romania: Putin is creating a black sea barrier

Iran

# EU says Ukraine crisis will not affect Iran nuclear talks; but shadow of Ukraine hangs over

# Iran takes legal action against opposition members held in house arrest

# Al Jazeera Iran talks liveblog

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Afghanistan opposes U.S. giving military supplies to Pakistan

# "Pakistan's Culture Wars" - Bina Shah, "New York Times"

# Sharif urged to open second front against Taliban

# Does Saudia Arabia expect help in Syria in exchange for $1.5 billion gift?

# "Pakistan's impending famine"

Central Asia

# A new "great game" with U.S. and China begins in Central Asia

# Kazakhstan president's brother fighting ex-wife over $20 million Manhattan apartment

# Kyrgyz living in Afghanistan ask Kyrgyzstan government to resettle them

Balkans

# Serbia nabbed drug boss with the help of the CIA

Caucasus

# "If History is a Guide, Crimea's Enthusiasm Might Wane" - Olesya Vartanyan and Ellen Barry, "New York Times"

# Crackdown eyed after Azerbaijan sentences opposition leaders

# A simple theory about the Malaysia Airlines flight

# The unfaithful audience