RFE/RL in the Media
# "Diplomat" links to an interview on RFE/RL's Gandhara site
# "Belfast Telegraph" uses RFE/RL Ukrainian Service video of mourners at Dutch embassy in Kyiv
# Business Insider cites Mumin Shakirov's interview with a former separatist fighter
# "New York Times" cites Tom Balmforth's interviews with Russians reacting to Malaysian Airlines disaster
# Al Arabiya cites RFE/RL reporting on Iraq conflict
Russia
# Mark Galeotti on the long-term costs of Russia's "covert operations"
# "Putin's Deadly Doctrine" - Timothy Garton Ash, "New York Times"
# "Russia's Putin Not Blinking in 'Last Chance Saloon'" - Reuters
# "Punishing Russia for the MH17 Tragedy Will not Help Ukraine" - Oliver Bullough, Guardian"
# Anger at Russia building in Malaysia
# In Russia, conspiracy theory blends with anger at rebels
# Business groups fall silent on Russia sanctions
Ukraine
# Almost 200 bodies stuck on refrigerated train in Torez;
# Bezler admits recorded call was his, but says he was talking about a different plane; when Ioffe met Bezler
# "The Plane That Radicalized Ukraine" - Maxim Eristavi, Politico
# Survey says 54 percent of Donbas residents support "different forms of separatism"
Iran
# Four month extension on Iran negotiations
# "What Has America Learned from Negotiating with Iran?" - Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett and Seyed Mohammad Marandi, National Interest
Iraq
# Militants try to govern as a state
# Some Sunnis trying to push back against extremists in midst; but other neighborhoods "about to explode"
# "Time is running out" for Iraq
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# Struggle to keep Afghan girl safe after mullah is accused of rape
# "Kerry's Miracle" - Ioannis Koskina, Foreign Policy
# Profile of Pakistan's "master bomb technician"
# Nine reasons why it's dangerous to be a journalist in Pakistan
Central Asia
# Family living in Kazakhstan was about to begin new life in Malaysia
Caucasus
# Azerbaijan journalist reportedly shot to death in Moscow
Of Interest