RFE/RL in the Media
# Huffington Post Italian cites RFE/RL Crimean unit report on Putin toilet paper
Russia
# Top Russian officials starting to realize economy is in trouble; "perfect storm" of bad news for Russian ruble
# Russian economy minister criticizes legislation, passed in Duma, that would compensate those affected by Western sanctions
# The congressman who spied for Russia
# Ten best Putin music videos
# "We Have Made Today's Frankenstein With Our Own Hands" - Maxim Cantor, OpenDemocracy
Ukraine
# Zakharchenko says Strelkov alienated separatist fighters with his disregard for urban areas
# Ten-a-day are dying in eastern Ukraine, despite cease-fire
# "Five Things We Can Learn From the Ukraine Crisis" - Quartz
# "Luhansk, Ukraine: City of Ghosts" - Christopher Miller, Mashable
# Captured Ukrainian pilot's sister to run for parliament
Eastern Europe
# Is Belarus beginning to thaw?
Iraq/Syria
# Two months of U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, mapped
# Iraqi scholar burns his books to protest Yazidi ethnic cleansing
# Kobani shakes Turkish-Kurd relations
Iran
# Khamenei issues red lines ahead of critical nuclear talks
# Why U.S. and Iran aren't quite on the same side in IS fight
# "Let Go of Grudges Against Cuba, Iran" - Stephen Kinzer, "Boston Globe"
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# U.S. intensifying Afghanistan airstrikes as drawdown nears
# Five priorities for Afghanistan
Balkans
# The boy from Kosovo who grew up to be a suicide bomber
# Bosnia and Herzegovina: the world's most complicated system of government?
Central Asia
# Nazarbayev's "Wall Street Journal" op ed