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The Rundown - November 6


RFE/RL In The Media
# "Who’s Afraid of Russian Nationalists?" - Masha Gessen, "International Herald Tribune"
# Read RFE/RL in "The Atlantic" on a new (loud) voice from Iran's Basij and a potential election result boycott in Ukraine
# "UPI' cites RFE/RL reporting on elections in Ukraine

International Press Review

Iran
# Officials from Iran and Israel are in Brussels for a nuclear conference
# Iran: tourist haven
# The Supreme Leader's daughter is on Facebook

Russia
# "The Russian Underground Economy has Democratised Cybercrime" - Ian Steadman, "Wired"
# "Is Moscow Preparing to Play the Ethnic Card to Stay Politically Relevant?" - Valery Dzutsev, Jamestown Foundation
# "Why Russia Roots for Obama" - Ariel Cohen, "National Interest"

Of Interest
# "Breaking the Grip of the [Armenian] Oligarchs" - Liana Aghajanian, "Foreign Policy"
# "The Internet is not Free in Azerbaijan" - Emin Milli, "The Independent"
# "With a Strong Democracy, Ukraine Is Not Russia" - Jim Brooke, "Moscow Times"
# "Chekhov's Enlightenment" - Gary Saul Morson, "The New Criterion"

U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy
# Today's the big day
# The "best" photos of the 2012 presidential election
# Is there a Google search political conspiracy?
# "Chris Christie’s Apocalypse" - Benjamin Wallace-Wells, "New York"
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