The Rundown -- March 16

# Read Daud Khattak in Foreign Policy on the dangers of Taliban peace talks

# Breitbart cites RFE/RL on rumors of Putin's whereabouts; Global Post cites Brian Whitmore on the topic

# Digital Journal op-ed by Ted Lipien criticizes RFE/RL for jumping "on the bandwagon" with Putin rumors

# Putin, in Crimea documentary, says Russia was ready to put nuclear weapons on standby; surprised by how easy it was

# Novaya Gazeta publishes more information on Russian troll farms

# On Seumas Milne's pro-Russian line in the Guardian

# Poroshenko submits draft law on self-government for separatist-held areas; also says truce "not working"

# "The Hipster Bar of Donetsk Moves Lock, Stock and Cocktails to Kiev" - Sabra Ayres, Al Jazeera

# "Bringing Ukraine Back From the Brink" - Natalie Jaresko, Wall Street Journal

# IS suffering significant losses in Iraq

# Reports that IS fighters using chlorine as weapons

# Former Spanish hostage tells of torture at hands of IS

# Privatizing BBC as "pernicious as Isis destroying Iraq’s historic sites"

# Kerry says deal could be reached in "days"

# Mullen: Iran more dangerous to U.S. than IS

# Netanyahu tried to cancel intelligence briefing for U.S. senators in Israel

# National mourning in Serbia after helicopter carrying baby crashes

# Georgia's "disastrous" attempt to bring prisons to "European standards"

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