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The Rundown - October 10


RFE/RL In The Media
# Read RFE/RL in "The Atlantic" on birthday gifts for Vladimir Putin and revolutionary track suits
# The "AP" cites RFE/RL reporting on the Vladimir Kozlov verdict

International Press Review

Iran
# "Fars" leaked a confidential memo from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
# "The Sanctions Conundrum" - Peter Passell, "Foreign Policy"
# Iran helping Syria with electronic surveillance
# On Iran's fleet of drones

Russia
# "Rosneft - Backing Sechin" - Lex, "Financial Times"
# Web control in Russia will be kind, gentle, and soft
# Russia and Iraq have agreed to $4 billion in arms sales

Afghanistan/Pakistan
# A video profile of Malala Yousafzai
# "Pakistan's Almost-Suicide-Bombers" - Hussain Nadim, "Foreign Policy"
# A new restaurant in Kabul is helping former drug addicts

Georgia
# In-house: "Ivanishvili and the Russians"
# "Georgian Dream Will Be Shattered" - Yulia Latynina, "Moscow Times"
# The Jamestown Foundation on Russian policy in Georgia

Of Interest
# "Iraq's Endless Humanitarian Crisis" - Irena Sargsyan, "National Interest"
# Oil exports may double by 2020
# Joe Hammond on Azerbaijan's need for diversification

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# "PBS Frontline" presents, "The Choice"
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