*Medvedev sends draft bill to Duma authorizing the use of force abroad
*Russian counter-insurgency efforts in Dagestan shift to Khasavyurt
*Moscow expresses interest in Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline
*...while it explores options on absorbing Kazakhstan's oil production
*Kurdish initiative dominates Turkish politics
**Visit the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- In Ukraine, Campaigning to Avoid the Crises
