The Rundown -- May 16

# Golnaz Esfandiari quoted in "Guardian" on Canada inviting MEK member to speak

# Freedom House on separatists disrupting broadcasts of RFE/RL and VOA Ukrainian

# Read Brian Whitmore in "The Atlantic" and Defense One on Russia's counterrevolution

# U.S. senator says bill that would provide $10 million for Ukraine coverage is an "unfunded mandate"

# Reporters Without Borders criticizes international broadcasting proposal

# Miners take over streets in Mariupol in support of Ukraine unity

# Ukraine protester who tweeted "I'm dying" is worried change isn't happening

# Kyiv's volunteer units add to civil war fears

# "The Case for Ground Forces in Ukraine" - Andrew Langer, "National Review"

# RT: Odesa fire "orchestrated by 'oligarchy' and U.S." (around 8:24)

# Who is Strellkov?

# One photo that says a lot

# "How Europe Enables Putin" - Bloomberg

# Riding with Russia's Night Wolves

# Russian rocket carrying advanced satellite crashes shortly after takeoff

# Russian foreign trade down ten percent

# Blocking Twitter in Russia "practically inevitable"says Russian media regulator

# Belarus urges Kyiv to negotiate with separatists

# Iran reportedly paying Afghanistan refugees $500 a month to fight in Syria

# Journalist held on charge of collaborating with Taliban

# Pakistani released from U.S. custody in Afghanistan after being held for ten years without trial

# Election final results timeline "trumps transparency"

# The first person to practice law in Swat valley

# Looking to increase birthrate, Iran ends free vasectomies

# Iran okay with "front-loaded" final nuclear deal

# Iran pursuing ballistic missile, according to UN report

# "Hillary Clinton Celebrates the Iran Sanctions That Her State Department Tried to Stop" - Josh Rogin, Daily Beast

# Kazakhstan lesbian marriage ends in murder

# Kazakhstan atheist faces seven years in prison for "stoking religious tension"

# Karimov says he's sticking around for the foreseeable future

# Stanistan

# Azerbaijan opposition journalist sentenced to eight years in prison

# Mehriban Aliyeva named "first lady of the year"

# Aid to Erdogan seen kicking protester

# Who and what can Google "forget?"