The Rundown -- April 15

# Russian media, including Sputnik in English, on RFE/RL's expanding efforts in Russian (Izvestia in Russian)

# Czech president says he will apologize if he can't prove that former RFE/RL journalist admired Hitler (Prague Post)

# Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine

# Canada sending 200 trainers for Ukraine military

# "Decentralize or Perish" - Yuliya Bila, Foreign Policy

# "Ukraine Is Attempting to Wipe Away Its Past" - Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times

# Twerking is very controversial in Russia too

# "What Sanctions? The Russian Economy Is Growing Again" - Bill Powell, Newsweek

Iran

# IS escapees describe systematic rape of Yazidi girls in new HRW report

# IS likely to increase kidnappings as oil money dries up

# Iraq has retaken "a quarter" of IS territory since August, says Pentagon

# Al-Qaida's Yemen branch says its top cleric, wanted by the US, has been killed

# Afghan warlord warns of IS rise

# Taliban fighters kill 18, behead eight

# Fighters from Pakistan bolstering ranks of Taliban in Afghanistan

# How long can Pakistan stay out of Yemen fight?

# Scientists alarmed at pollution in Central Asia's longest river

Caucasus
# Video: Georgia struggles amid Russia fall-out

# The viral math problem

# How Russia reacted to Lincoln's assassination

# Mobile video is having a moment