The Rundown -- February 11

# Read Daud Khattak in Foreign Policy on the viability of IS in AfPak

# Global Post cites RFE/RL's reporting on attack in Kramatorsk

# Huffington Post quotes Christina Hicks on things to do in Prague

# Both sides open new fronts in fighting as Minsk talks get under way

# Congressional leaders backing $1 billion in lethal aid to Ukraine

# USA Today prints map of Ukraine without Crimea

# "Ukraine's Economy Is Collapsing And The West Doesn't Seem To Care" - Mark Adomanis, Forbes

# An eastern Ukraine photo essay

# In Ukraine, Putin gifts Sissi AK-47

# Lavrov's performance in Munich may have been more for Putin than for world

# Alexander Litvinenko inquiry: All traitors to Russia "should be exterminated," suspect claims

# Well known American actor in popular Russian TV show comes out as gay

# "Russia Faces Fight Over Billions in Oil Taxes on Crude Slump" - Bloomberg

Eastern Europe
# Belarus is unlikely star of Ukraine talks

# The Belarusian artist still driving his homemade Soviet car

Iraq/Syria
# Kayla Mueller's death confirmed

# Jordan moves "thousands" of troops to border with Iraq

# The mass graves that IS leaves behind

# NSA says Iran learned from U.S. cyberattacks
# Should Netanyahu testify before Congress instead of giving a speech?

# In Congress, "impatience" on Iran grows

# White House weighs adjusting Afghan exit plan to slow withdrawal of troops

# UN says Taliban is enhancing links to organized crime in Afghanistan

# Bridging the divide between Pashtuns on the Durand line

# China confirms Pakistan nuclear projects