The Rundown -- December 17

# "New Yorker" and "Atlantic" quote RFE/RL Radio Mashaal reporting from scene of Pakistan attack; Vice, Fox and Yahoo use video

# Yahoo uses RFE/RL Russian Service interviews from streets of Moscow

# International Business Times cites RFE/RL reporting on Ukraine crisis

# RFE/RL Belarusian Service cited in BBC for draft Gandalf campaign

# Buzzfeed ruble meme breakdown uses cartoon from RFE/RL Ukrainian Service

# Ruble continues rise despite interest rate increase

# Now people are starting to panic; "a disaster"; Apple pauses online sales

# Central Bank chief says Russians should get used to a new way of life

# How the ruble collapse could shift power in Russia

# Lavrov says degree of autonomy for Donetsk and Luhansk should be determined by Ukrainians

# Amnesty: Humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine sliding toward disaster

# Obama to sign Ukraine support bill, which includes new Russia sanctions

# Lukashenka asks Russia to "clarify" some things

# Iraqi government stops payment of "ghost soldiers"

# IS releases photos of mass execution of Sunni tribal fighters

# IS destroys at least six border control stations on Jordan-Iraq border

# IS selling antiquities to Western collectors

# EU looking to Iran and Russia to help end Syrian civil war

# Saudi Arabia reportedly demands Hamas end rapprochement with Iran

# Ruble breakdown hurting remittance economy of Russia's neighbors

# "Kazakhstan’s Illusion of Progress" - Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera

# Once ignored, Kosovo exits sports limbo

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