The Rundown -- January 8

# Azerbaijan Ambassador to U.S. writes in letter to Wall Street Journal that RFE/RL journalists are being questioned for "documented" financial mismanagement

# RFE/RL Uzbek Service cited in Al Jazeera story on torture in Uzbek jails

# The Blaze features RFE/RL's world populations infographic

Paris attacks

# Pushkov says attacks prove Russia not a threat; Russian Orthodox activist says it was deserved

# Number of migrants drops 70 percent as ruble falls

# Russian reserves no longer enough to cover external debt

# "Russia's European Home" - Vladislav Inozemtsev, Project Syndicate

# Anti-Ukraine group claims responsibility for cyberattacks in Germany

# The Ukraine frontline in photos

# "A New Policy to Rescue Ukraine" - George Soros, New York Review of Books

# "The Search for Petr Khokhlov" - Joshua Yaffa, New York Times

# In Iraq, Shi'ite fighters purging Sunni villages

# Iraq Ebola rumors almost certainly are not true

# U.S. investigating possible civilian casualties from airstrikes

# Iraq MP credits Iran with saving Baghdad from falling to IS

# "What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq" - Reza HaghighatNejad, Daily Beast

# "It’s Time to Pursue Regime Change in Iran" - John Hannah, Foreign Policy

# Four reasons the war in Afghanistan isn't really over

# Deadly boom in counterfeit medicine in Afghanistan

# Ghani getting credit in Afghanistan for "new tone"

# Pakistan domestic threats begin to overshadow India

# Tony Blair adds Azerbaijan to his portfolio

# Does retweeting praise make you a monster?

# Is English as the lingua franca hurting science?