The Rundown -- April 10

# "National Review" cites Rob Coalson's piece on Russian television

# Council of Europe interviews Khadija Ismayilova after hearing on investigative journalism

# Russia says it's near agreement in long sought gas deal with China

# Will Ukraine crisis derail southern gas pipeline?

# Russia did not provide complete information on Tsarnayev

# Analysts say Russia playing for influence -- rather than prepping invasion -- in Ukraine; but might invade anyway

# Is the West prepared for Putin's next move?

# Did NATO expansion set off Ukrainian crisis?

# The difficult life of opposition in Russia's regions

# "The Radical Skepticism of Ukraine's Students" - Peter Pomerantsev, "New Yorker"

# Putin warns Kyiv against irreversible mistakes

# Putin's "beachhead" in eastern Ukraine

# Ukraine's richest man gambles on peacemaker role

# Ukraine halts natural gas imports from Russia

# Pro-Kremlin viral video imagines war in Ukraine

# Belarus Free Theatre given UK residency

# Top NATO commander says U.S. troops may be sent to eastern Europe

# More children are dying from explosives left by U.S. forces

# "A very good day for the Afghan people"

# Election day in Afghanistan was more violent than most other days

# The "driving role of Pakistan" in the Afghan war

# An al-Qaeda leader explains Twitter recruitment

# Petraeus: U.S. needs plan for day after Iran deal

# Iran says U.S. reaction to UN envoy choice is unacceptable

# Denying visa would test U.S. influence at UN

# Diplomat also reportedly implicated in Rome death of Iranian dissident

# Ahmadinejad may have just joined Twitter

# Gulen was major issue in Erdogan-Aliyev talks

# Aliyev's selfie with Dutch ambassadors attracts attention

# Kazakhstan mulls criminalizing calls for separatism

# Aral sea "resurrected as tourist attraction"

# Foreign Ministry offers contest for foreign journalists' reporting in Kazakhstan

# Protect yourself

# Kids these days