The Rundown -- December 10

RFE/RL in the Media

# "Washington Post" runs story about "amazing" video of protests shot by Andriy Dubchak of the RFE/RL Ukrainian Service; "New York Times" mentions it as well; and used by CNN and ABC

# Sky News takes RFE/RL Ukrainian Service live stream of protests

# RFE/RL mentioned in "Telegraph" story about Polish style during the Communist era

Ukraine

# Police remove barricades around Kyiv center, raid Fatherland offices

# "Watch Kyiv If You Believe In Europe" - Robin Forestier-Walker, Al Jazeera

# Has Russia already lost?

Russia

# Shuvalov says Russia embarking on long-delayed reforms

# New Russian news agency that will replace RIA Novosti to be led by the controversial Dmitry Kiselyov

# RIA reporting on its own demise

# Putin "welcomes the crazy"

# Russia forgives $29 billion of Cuba's Soviet-era debt

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# What if Washington went along with Karzai's plan?

# "Washington Post" video: "Afghanistan at a Crossroads"

Iran

# Iran's defense minister says country has improved accuracy of ballistic missiles

# Iranian and Saudi strategists, spar, swap ideas

# "Iran, From Enemy to Ally" - David Patrikarakos, "New York Times"

# "Sanctions Hawks Losing the Plot" - Matthew Duss, "The American Prospect"

Central Asia

# Gulnara Karimova grants interview to Huriyet

# "Turkmenistan cockroach" spreading in U.S.

Of Interest

# A North Korean purge

# Spy agencies infiltrating virtual worlds