The Rundown -- February 26

# RFE/RL's Under the Black Flag cited by International Business Times for reporting on Tajik arrested in Moscow

# Russia's insider traders know Putin's plans

# Russia and America at the Oscars

# Female teachers in Yekaterinburg told by official to find rich husbands

# Russian lawmakers draft legislation banning women under 40 from smoking

# "The Empire Strikes Back" - Noah Sneider, Medium

# As ceasefire appears to possibly be taking hold, Ukraine faces gas supply threat from Russia and dire economy

# Kyiv says Russian drones violating Ukraine's airspace

# Ukraine finally getting 3G mobile

# Most experts polled by Foreign Affairs oppose arming Ukraine

# Belarus bans Tor and other anonymizers

# Baghdad not happy with U.S. releasing details about coming Mosul offensive; U.S. arms flow in to Iraq in preparation

# Maliki plotting comeback

# IS burns 8,000 rare books and manuscripts in Mosul

Iran

# Afghanistan shocks Scotland in cricket win

# Suicide bomber targets Turkish embassy car in Kabul

# Avalanches kill at least 108 in Afghanistan

# Musharraf sees role for Taliban in Pakistan

# Aliyev tries to reassure public on currency flop

# Armenian opposition forces back down

# EU courts Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan gas as Russian links sour

# Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan natives in New York charged with plans to join IS

# BBC's multimedia project on the Aral Sea

# My Saga

# Mouse dystopia