The Rundown -- October 6

# Estonian president talks to Al Jazeera about his 10 years working for RFE/RL

# Read Tom Balmforth in the "Guardian" on pieces of Lenin for sale

# Read Daud Khattak in Foreign Policy on splits in the Pakistani Taliban

# Russia very close to banning Bitcoin

# "Tensions Surge in Estonia Amid a Russian Replay of Cold War Tactics" - Andrew Higgins, "New York Times"

# "What Russia is Learning from Frank Sinatra" - Steve Rosenberg, BBC

# Infographics show just how damaged is Ukraine's economy

# Major clashes at Donetsk airport threaten "ceasefire"

# Corruption: "Ukraine's enemy within"

# "Rebels in Eastern Ukraine Dream of Reviving Soviet Heyday" - Andrew Kramer, "New York Times"

# Vandals target exhibit in New York connected to Ukraine

# Latvian pro-Russian party wins the most seats, but likely not enough for ruling coalition

# Poland navigates around Eastern Europe's strains

# UN says IS selling women at "slave markets"

# IS militants conduct public execution of Iraqi soldiers

# The ghost villages of northern Iraq

# "Isil's Reign of Terror Rooted in the Political Culture of Iraq and Syria" - Richard Spencer, "Telegraph"

# "Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph" - Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast

# Iran releases one journalist on bail, but husband still detained

# The IS plan to ruin Iran's carpet industry

# On the BSA and SOFA: "Three birds with one stone"

# Afghanistan reverses expulsion of "New York Times" reporter

# Afghanistan Taliban spokesman's tweet geolocates him in Pakistan

# Pakistan's lessons for Turkey

# The stunning disappearance of the Aral Sea

# Kyrgyzstan "growing more Russian"

# In Tajikistan, doubts about promised Russian military aid

# Leyla Yunus' family calls on British government and BP to intervene in her case

# The story of the CIA agent who spent 20 years in Chinese captivity