The Rundown -- November 11

# "New York Times" says new Russian news agency's network of bureaus resembles structure of RFE/RL

# Reason cites RFE/RL reporting on Ukraine crisis

# Pro-Kremlin analyst says he expects situation in Ukraine to explode in the coming days

# "Is Eastern Ukraine Becoming a People’s Republic or Puppet State?" - Alec Luhn, "Nation"

# Russian central bank floats ruble

# Russia has yet another international news outlet; CNN, meanwhile, being forced out

# British NGO outlines nearly 40 international incidents involving Russia since start of Ukraine crisis

# "Russia is a Bigger Problem Than ISIS for Obama" - Gideon Rachman, "Financial Times"

# Russia and North Korea sign agreement to deport illegal immigrants

# Lithuanian charged with spying for Belarus

# Syrian rebel leader says attacks on IS undermining anti-Assad forces

# Turks increasingly sympathetic to IS

# What life is really like under IS rule

# Inside the CIA's Syrian rebel vetting machine

# Iran's copy of captured U.S. drone takes flight

# European banks accused of facilitating Iran-backed attacks on US troops in Iraq

# New government brings "hope of change" in Afghanistan

# On child labor in Afghanistan

# Secret memo warns IS has "master plan" for Pakistan

# IS posters popping up in Lahore

# OSCE urges Azerbaijan to stop repressions of free media

# Kosovo and Serbia PMs spar on live TV

# "Georgia's Game of Throne" - Christina Maza, Balkanist

# Nervous Kazakhstan "sensitive" about Ukraine question

# Kazakhstan paroles ex-officer jailed for murder of opposition leader

# The first photograph of a human being

# Facebook app poses dilemma for publishers