RFE/RL in the Media

 

# Hungarian dissident discusses RFE/RL’s role during the 1989 revolutions in the “Economist”

 

Ukraine

# Ukraine’s currency plunging

# Ukraine separatist leaders meet in Moscow with Russian lawmakers

# Howitzers are the weapon of choice for Ukraine separatists 

# Ukraine now largest displacement crisis in Europe since Balkans wars

# “The Iran-Ukraine Affair” – Roger Cohen, “New York Times” 

 

Russia

# Despite collapsing ceasefire, new sanctions on Russia appear unlikely

# “Russia’s Gold Digger Academy” – Peter Pomerantsev, Daily Beast

# Americans participating in leadership conference detained in Russia and deported

# Moscow demands apology for far-right violence outside Russian embassy in Warsaw

# Russia straining to feed and heat Crimea

 

Iraq/Syria/Turkey

# Smuggler says he helped send IS fighters to Europe

# On Turkish border town with Kobane, blood is the contraband of choice

# NBC News files first Western report from inside Kobane

# Infographic on IS leadership

 

Iran

# “If Iran Says ‘Yes’” – Bret Stephens, “Wall Street Journal” 

# Russia agrees to build more nuclear reactors in Iran

# Repatriating the Yellow Dogs

 

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# It costs $5,000 to become an Afghan border guard, but one can make $4,000 a month in bribes

# “Are Ethnic Politics Afghanistan’s Greatest Hope?” – Sean Mann, Foreign Policy

# Eight charts that show how Pakistan’s view of India has changed over 30 years

# Network of private schools declares “I am not Malala day” 

 

Caucasus

# U.S. embassy denies secret talks with Iran in Baku

 

Central Asia

# Kazakhstan looks at hedging against falling oil prices

# Uzbekistan university students complain about cotton harvest

# China edging Russia out of Central Asia

 

Of Interest

# Buzzfeed’s newsletter is one of its top sources of traffic (Rundown isn’t)

# Anti-American vitriol high in China
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