The Rundown -- February 18

# BBC on Azerbaijan detentions, including Khadija Ismaylova

# Meduza's guide to the world's Russia experts includes a note on Masha Gessen's time at RFE/RL

# PRI covers Daisy Sinderlar's Ukraine: Memory and Identity project

# RFE/RL mentioned in Washington Post piece about countering extremism

# How Eliot Higgins proved Russia was shelling from its own territory (in depth here)

# Putin in Hungary, where new gas agreement is announced

# Crimea has become economic no-go zone

# "The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin" - Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs

# Russia sponsors UNSC resolution on Minsk 2 while telling Kyiv to surrender in Debaltseve

# Buzzfeed: photos near Debaltseve show the brutality of war

# The origins of separatism in Donetsk

# Russia may be stoking Azerbaijan-Armenia hostilities

Middle East/North Africa

# The pros and cons of the emerging Iran nuclear deal

# Khamenei reportedly criticizes American Sniper

# "On Iran's Streets, 'Death To America' ... And Hope For A Nuclear Deal" - Steve Inskeep, NPR

# Taliban suicide attacks kill 25 in Afghanistan and Pakistan

# Afghan forces close in on Pakistan Taliban chief

# "A Plea From FATA" - Dawn, Anwar Shakir Wazir

# "Kosovo's Joy Now Despair on Anniversary of Independence" - Nebi Qena, AP

# Is mobile journalism the production tool or the product?