The Rundown -- February 2

# Slate picks up RFE/RL report on Ukraine separatists organizing a "conference of unrecognized states"

# Inquisitor uses RFE/RL coverage of the alleged unmasking of Putin's daughter

# Digital Journal cites RFE/RL Russian Service coverage of mother of seven imprisoned in Russia

# Russia awards $3 billion Crimea bridge contract to Rotenberg, Putin's old Judo partner

# Five Russian nuclear weapons of war the West should fear

# "Putin Must be Stopped. And Sometimes Only Guns Can Stop Guns" - Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian

# "Spy vs. Nonspy in Putin’s Russia" - Julia Ioffe, New York Times

# "How Russia Outfoxes Its Enemies" - Lucy Ash, BBC

Ukraine

# What moviegoers in Baghdad think of American Sniper

# Assad still "too delusional" to end war says interviewer

# Iraq's PM pledges hard line against alleged militia abuses

# UN says nearly 1,400 died in Iraq violence in January

# Rohani accuses hardliners of "cheering on" other side

# Iran has Holocaust cartoon contest in response to Charlie Hebdo

# Why new Iran sanctions are looking less likely

# "What If America Had Never Invaded Afghanistan?" - Robert Grenier, Atlantic

# Kabul Charlie Hebdo protests turn violent

# Language politics back in the spotlight in Afghanistan

# "Taliban Justice Gains Favor as Official Afghan Courts Fail" - Azam Ahmed, New York Times

# Is Pakistan really cracking down on terrorism?

# Mourners bury dead after gruesome mosque bombing

# Karabakh situation "as bad as it has got since the ceasefire"

# Macedonia authorities allege plot to overthrow the government

# Tipping

# The good and bad of Twitter