The Rundown -- November 12

# Hungarian dissident discusses RFE/RL's role during the 1989 revolutions in the "Economist"

# Ukraine's currency plunging

# Ukraine separatist leaders meet in Moscow with Russian lawmakers

# Howitzers are the weapon of choice for Ukraine separatists

# Ukraine now largest displacement crisis in Europe since Balkans wars

# "The Iran-Ukraine Affair" - Roger Cohen, "New York Times"

# Despite collapsing ceasefire, new sanctions on Russia appear unlikely

# "Russia’s Gold Digger Academy" - Peter Pomerantsev, Daily Beast

# Americans participating in leadership conference detained in Russia and deported

# Moscow demands apology for far-right violence outside Russian embassy in Warsaw

# Russia straining to feed and heat Crimea

# Smuggler says he helped send IS fighters to Europe

# On Turkish border town with Kobane, blood is the contraband of choice

# NBC News files first Western report from inside Kobane

# Infographic on IS leadership

# "If Iran Says ‘Yes’" - Bret Stephens, "Wall Street Journal"

# Russia agrees to build more nuclear reactors in Iran

# Repatriating the Yellow Dogs

# It costs $5,000 to become an Afghan border guard, but one can make $4,000 a month in bribes

# "Are Ethnic Politics Afghanistan's Greatest Hope?" - Sean Mann, Foreign Policy

# Eight charts that show how Pakistan’s view of India has changed over 30 years

# Network of private schools declares "I am not Malala day"

# U.S. embassy denies secret talks with Iran in Baku

# Kazakhstan looks at hedging against falling oil prices

# Uzbekistan university students complain about cotton harvest

# China edging Russia out of Central Asia

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