The Rundown -- September 1

# "Washington Post" editorial says Ukraine crisis shows importance of RFE/RL

# "Atlantic" uses visualization on world's displaced people created by Li Luo

# CNN uses video of fighting in Donetsk shot by RFE/RL Moldovan Service's Andrei Babitsky

# VOA quotes RFE/RL's Fred Petrossian on surveillance in Iran

# "National Review" cites Carl Schreck and Luke Johnson story on muted Crimea speech

Russia

# Putin urges talks on "statehood" for southeastern Ukraine

# Seven possible Ukraine targets for Russian army

# American white nationalists to hold conference with Dugin and Hungarian nationalists in October

# Does China stand to benefit the most in fight between Ukraine and Russia?

# "Vladimir Putin Isn't Going to Stop" - Miriam Elder, Buzzfeed

# Separatists taunt dying Ukrainian soldier

# Separatist attack Ukrainian ship from coast

# Poor man's drone warfare in eastern Ukraine

# "Arm Ukraine or Surrender" - Ben Judah, "New York Times"

# "Ukraine’s [basketball] Success Rooted in an Atlanta Connection" - Harvey Araton, "New York Times"

# Siege of Amerli broken; do strikes represent mission creep?

# IS fighters begin to blend in, making defeating them an even greater challenge

# Militants now using humvees for suicide bomb attacks

# Iran criticizes new U.S. sanctions on banks and businesses

# Why Iran won't leave Afghanistan

# "U.S. and Iran Unlikely Allies in Iraq Battle" - Tim Arango and Azam Ahmed, "New York Times"

# A new biography of Karzai

# IS forces U.S. to alter withdrawal plans for Afghanistan

# Armed men reportedly gang rape women in suburban Kabul

# Pakistan crisis turns violent as three die and hundreds are injured; army meeting again

# Controversy surrounding Putin's statement on Kazakhstan

# Tajik citizen named one if IS leaders

# Kissinger: World order crumbling

# Obama's "minimalist" Middle East strategy