The Rundown -- October 22

# Read Brian Whitmore in the "Atlantic" on the Kremlin's youth strategy

# Can a Riga-based news outlet set up by the old Lenta team offer hope for independent media?

# Russia sends troops and jets to the Arctic

# "Russia Today, Argentina Tomorrow" - Fabian Bosoer and Federico Finchelstein, "New York Times"

# "Guardian" says Sweden joining NATO may now be inevitable

# Sikorski's "reputation in tatters" as he walks back Putin-Tusk partition story

Ukraine
# Still no gas deal

# A "Foreign Affairs" debate about who started the Ukraine crisis

# Ukraine election factbox

# U.S. senator's sunflower campaign photos are from Ukraine

# Baltics wary of becoming the next conflict hotspot

# IS fighters seize weapons from U.S. airdrop

# Enforcer at Treasury is first line of attack against IS

# The artificial border crossing between IS and Kurdish controlled territory

# "New Freedoms in Tunisia Drive Support for ISIS" - David Kirkpatrick, "New York Times"

# "Doubling Down on Disaster in Syria" - Michael Weiss and Faysal Itani, Politico

# Iran shunning image as OPEC hawk

# Female roles in Iran evolves as divorce rate soars

# Report: U.S. may approve more centrifuges in final deal

# "Iran Is Forcing Poor Afghans to Fight and Die in Syria" - Jassem Al Salami, Medium

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Central Asia hurting as Russian ruble sinks

# Armenian editor in court for LGBT blacklist