Russia
# France Mistral project director fired
# Russia ranked least prosperous country in Europe
# A review of Peter Pomerantsev's new book
# "Russian Women Bemoan a Lack of Men - and Their Money" - Anna Nemtsova, "Newsweek"
Ukraine
# Poroshenko calls on parliament to repeal special status law ; peace plan "in tatters"
# "Newsweek" provides detailed account of Russian ambush of Ilovaisk
# "'Finlandization' Abandons Ukraine" - Mark Lagon, Will Moreland, Foreign Poiicy
# Video shows "People's Court" voting to sentence man to death in eastern Ukraine
Eastern Europe
# FoxNews explores Moldova's wines
Iraq/Syria/Turkey
# "Slaughter of Anbar Tribesmen Shows Weakness in U.S. Plan to Beat Islamic State" - Jonathan Landay, McClatchy
# HRW says Shi'ite militias are using fighting against IS as pretext to destroy Sunni communities
# Nine of IS' top commanders served time in Camp Bucca
# "After Kobane, Saving Aleppo" - Laurent Fabius, "Washington Post"
Iran
# Pentagon sought sanctions exemption for Iran investment in Afghanistan
# Iran celebrates 35th anniversary of U.S. hostage crisis
# Woman jailed for volleyball on hunger strike
Afghanistan/Pakistan
# The Afghan doctor who performs 20 surgeries a day
# Afghanistan launches drive against women being used as "decoration" in advertising
# Christian couple killed by Lahore mob for allegedly desecrating Koran
# India and Pakistan cut off border ritual for first time since 1971
# "Pakistan Parliament Emerges From Protests Triumphant" - Saeed Shah, "Wall Street Journal"
Caucasus
# Georgia gets the Buzzfeed treatment
# Thorbjorn Jagland says there are "glimmers of hope" for Azerbaijan's human rights situation
Of Interest
# The fall of the Berlin Wall: an accident(?)
# 100 tech people to follow on Twitter