The Rundown -- December 8

# Detention on Friday of Khadija Ismayilova covered in "New York Times," "USA Today," Foreign Policy, AP, France 24, CPJ, Amnesty and others

# Global Voices cites RFE/RL Tajik video of women being humiliated for "dishonoring" country in Russia

# In "Guardian" profile, soldier who executed Ceausescu said he learned about revolution from RFE/RL

# Daisy Sindelar's report about LRAD quoted in Raw Story report about Eric Garner protests

# Merkel: Russia "punishing" countries for leaning towards Europe

# "Next: Russia Unplugged" - Maxim Trudolyubov, "New York Times"

# After ruble fall, "traditional Russian fatalism" back in force

# "Crafting a Win-Win-Win for Russia, Ukraine and the West" - Michael O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro, "Washington Post"

# Russian teens sneak onto Saint Petersburg international airport runway and take photos on planes

# Poroshenko says new Minsk talks may take place on Tuesday

# "The Kid With the Kalashnikov Isn't Happy: Ukraine's Revolution One Year On" - Owen Matthews, "Newsweek"

# The controversial new Radical Party MP

# On gender equality in Belarus

# "A Turkish City on the Frontier of Syria’s War" - Robin Wright, "New Yorker"

# Winter brings fresh threat to refugees fleeing IS

# Israel "sends warning to Assad, Russia and Iran" with Damascus airstrikes

# Canadian IS fighter calls for more attacks in Canada

# The most dangerous truck route in the world

# "Washington Post" reporter charged in Iran after four months in detention

# Methamphetamine use soaring

# Iran confirms airstrikes against IS in Iraq

# Afghan students find inspiration in IS success

# "New York Times" editorial on "backsliding in Afghanistan"

# Afghan Taliban still use old American textbooks

# Pakistan claims it killed NYC bomb plotter in raid

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