The Rundown -- February 19

# Washington Post publishes Khadija Ismayilova's letter from prison

# Newsweek cites Brian Whitmore and his Power Vertical on Russia's waning influence

# PRI interviews Daisy Sindelar on her My Ukraine project

# YahooNews uses video from RFE/RL's Current Time behind separatist front lines

# Soldiers recount "painful retreat" from Debaltseve

# After Debaltseve, what's next? Germany says peace plan damaged, not dead

# "How to Arm Ukraine Without Starting World War Three" - Steven Pifer, Reuters

# Ukraine crisis in maps

# Forty-two percent of Russians believe the Internet is being used by foreign countries against it

# Orban tries to play down Putin's visit to Hungary, which was apparently requested by the Russian president

# British defense secretary warns of Russian threat to Baltics

# Only one price (oil) matters at Russia's Central Bank

# The Kurdish "Mad Max gunmaker"

# Libya asks UN Security Council to lift arms embargo to fight IS

# ThinkProgress rebuttal of Graeme Wood's piece on ideology of IS

# NYT Video: From a Cairo private school to IS killing fields

# Khamenei says he could use gas exports as a lever in nuclear negotiations

# Lawyer chosen to represent Washington Post reporter still being denied access to him

# In Afghanistan's deadliest year, battles between government forces and Taliban replaced suicide bombs as deadliest

# Afghanistan's "complex" insurgency

# Awaiting trial, Musharraf holds court at his villa

# New York Times essay on how Pakistan has changed: "The Great Divide"

# Bosnia arrests suspected militants on their way to Syria

# Azerbaijan extends Leyla Yunus's detention by five months

Central Asia
# Uzbekistan provides amnesty to prominent religious leader

# Social Bakers: Photos now produce lowest reach on Facebook