The Rundown -- February 24

# Guardian publishes -- and Daily Mail cites -- Carl Schreck's reporting on the Starbucks posters that outraged Armenians

# Guardian publishes Tom Balmforth's piece on Kremlin traffic vigilantes

# Breitbart cites RFE/RL's Under the Black Flag blog for reporting on alleged "jihadist" child training camp in Raqqa

# Thousands turn out for Soviet holiday celebration in Donetsk

# Separatists said to be massing near Mariupol; OSCE says ceasefire has lowered military exchanges

# Ukraine recruiting volunteer "i-army"

# Arms suppliers meeting with Ukraine officials in Abu Dhabi; most American still oppose arming Ukraine, but support is up

# "Don't Doubt the Ceasefire" - Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs

# Four enormous holes found in northern Russia

# Russia crisis hitting Baltic neighbors hard

# "What if Putin Were Nice" - Keith Gessin, Politico

# "Spymania returns to Russia" - Oleg Kashin, OpenDemocracy

# "Putin Surveys the Map as he Ponders Next Move on Ukraine" - Timothy Heritage, Reuters

Middle East

# Historic US-Iran nuclear deal could be taking shape; details of the forming deal

# Al Jazeera and Guardian release docs showing Netanyahu may have misled UNGA on Iran

# Russia offers to sell surface-to-air missiles to Iran

# Reuters Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief dies

# Abdullah says talks with Taliban will start soon

# Refugees "pushed to exits" in Pakistan

# Pakistanis face a deadline: Surrender fingerprints or give up cellphone

# "Pakistan in Its Labyrinth" - Roger Cohen, New York Times

# Azerbaijan devalues currency by one-third amid oil price tumble

# Armenian opposition "in disarray"

# Tajikistan's ruling party holds pre-election rallies by force

# How six news organizations are working with SnapChat

# How to have encrypted chat conversations

# Snowden/Greenwald/Poitras AMA