The Rundown -- February 27

# Quartz covers raid on RFE/RL Baku office

# Ceasefire holding, Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal

# Ukraine desperate for IMF aid as money runs low

# Putin says suspension of gas flow to the east "smells of genocide"; threatens to cut gas by end of week

# "The Real Reason Fighting Stopped in Ukraine – For Now" - Fiona Hill, Reuters

# Russian ATMs granting micro-loans

# Can Russia afford Transdniester?

# Lesbian nightclub being investigated after viral kissing photo

# Putin approval back at 86 percent

# "No, Obama, Russia's Economy Isn't 'in Tatters'"- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

# Belarus launching pilot project using cockroaches as animal feed

# Merkel says she hopes Moldova isn't in Putin's sights

Iraq/Syria

# Iran's Navy destroys mock U.S. carrier

# New York Times editorial supports potential Iran-U.S. nuclear deal; Krauthammer doesn't

# Report: Torture of detainees continues in Afghanistan

# U.S. embassy issues emergency message, warning of threats against Americans in Afghanistan

# Pakistan tightening mobile phone controls to prevent their use in militant attacks; demanding fingerprints

# Kazakhstan passes draft "gay propaganda" bill

# Internet slang in American sign language