The Rundown -- October 20

# "Daily News" cites RFE/RL on Lukashenka declaration of Belarusian sausage free from toilet-paper

# International Business Times cites RFE/RL reporting on fight with IS

# The "Diplomat" cites RFE/RL Turkmen Service reporting on Turkmenistan building border fence with Afghanistan

# Central Asia Online cites RFE/RL Turkmen Service on foreign fighters serving in Afghanistan

# Robert Coalson cited in RIA Novosti piece about Poroshenko

# Russia's propaganda chief compares Obama to Baghdadi (reason 5: "messianism")

# Gorbachev says there was never a NATO non-expansion pledge

# Despite crackdown McDonald's bun-producer ramps up Russia production

# Sweden searching for suspected Russian submarine

# "Slovyansk: A City With PTSD" - Amie Ferris-Rotman, "Atlantic"

# German intelligence concludes MH17 shot down by separatists with Ukrainian BUK

# Meet Oleh Lyashko: Ukraine's "pitchfork populist"

# The "Euromaidan heroes" running for parliament

# "Conflict Uncovers a Ukrainian Identity Crisis Over Deep Russian Roots" - Neil MacFarquhar, "New York Times"

# U.S. airdrops arms and ammo to Kobani Kurds

# "My Childhood Friend, The ISIS Jihadist" - Jakob Sheikh, Mashable

# Kobani a "defining moment of nationhood" for Syrian and Turkish Kurds

# The non-Western journalists who have fallen victim to IS

# "A Train Ride Through Time: From Iraq’s Checkered Past Into an Uncertain Future" - Tim Arango, "New York Times"

# Obama may try to avoid Congress on potential Iran deal

# Acid attacks on women in Iran spread terror

# Iran vows to aid Lebanese military

# "Chasing a Bad Deal With Iran" - Jennifer Rubin, "Washington Post"

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Why dropping the stan from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan may be a bad idea

# Russia's growing military presence in Tajikistan

# A Kosovo mom gets her son back from IS

# News site traffic coming from Facebook and Google -- Twitter far behind

# Threats to Americans