RFE/RL in the Media

# Atlantic Council cites Crimean unit reporting on discovery of body of Crimean Tatar man

# BBC cites RFE/RL Crimean unit reporting on Putin toilet paper

# “The National” reports on video sent to RFE/RL from fighters saying they would be willing to support IS

 

Russia

# Russian anti-corruption campaigner seeks UK asylum

# “Russia’s Nuclear Euphoria Ignores Reality” – Alexander Golts, “Moscow Times” 

# Russia through the nuclear looking glass

 

Ukraine

# Separatist regions may delay elections until November 9

# Six months later, despair and euphoria in Crimea

# “Ukraine’s Copycat War With Russia” – Ian Bateson, Al Jazeera

# Dnipropetrovsk gears up for separatist advance

 

Eastern Europe

# Unearthing a barbarous past in eastern Poland 

 

Iraq/Syria

# U.S. air strikes targeted French intelligence agent who defected to Al Qaeda

# 19-year-old arrested at Chicago airport, accused of trying to join IS

# IS ammunition has U.S. and Chinese origins

# Leon Panetta: White House misplayed troop talks

 

Iran

# Iranian troops ordered to leave U.S. troops alone in Iraq

# Shi’ite rebels are Yemen’s “new masters”

 

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Afghanistan still ruled by “bickering warlords”

# Addressing drone impact in Pakistan

 

Caucasus

# China and Iran lock NATO out of Caspian Sea

 

Of Interest

# Go-Pro livestream 

# Post-Amazon; “Washington Post” back at the table

# Escape from North Korea

 

 
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