RFE/RL in the Media
# ViceNews cites RFE/RL Ukrainian Service on the struggles of heroin addicts in Crimea
# "Atlantic" cites RFE/RL Uzbek Service on Internet being shut down before standardized test
Russia
# Putin says Russia will answer with its own sanctions
# Russia moves to deport wife of activist
# Bloggers registering asked to share passwords with Russian Internet monitoring agency
# Russian gang amasses over 1 million Internet passwords
Ukraine
# Ukraine's revolution stalled due to war in the east
# Ukraine pop star a casualty in culture war with Russia
# "Ukraine Rebels Conscript ‘Punishment Brigades’ for Support Work" - Andrew Kramer, "New York Times"
# Has Western media coverage of the Ukraine crisis been fair?
# Video: Numbers of refugees and IDPs soaring
Eastern Europe
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# U.S. general killed in apparent insider attack
# Portrait of an Afghan assassin (10/13)
# Is the White House responsible for Pakistan's polio epidemic?
# Pakistan opposition leader plans mass rally for new elections
Iran
# Russia says it signs oil-for-goods accord with Iran, then says it hasn't
# Iranian official says Tehran seeking successor to al-Maliki
# Israel and Saudi Arabia reportedly coordinating potential Iran attack
Iraq
# Will the U.S. help the Kurds fight ISIL?
# ISIL releases pictures of alleged beheadings of soldiers in Abar
# Iraqi Yazidis stranded on isolated mountaintop begin to die of thirst
Central Asia
# Uzbekistan denies reports of coming U.S. military base
# Kazakhstan reportedly becoming new hub for sex tourism
Caucasus
# Azerbaijan human rights plummet to new low
Of Interest
# Pro Publica's recipe for collaboration
# Looking for the enduring photo in Gaza