The Rundown -- July 11

# Partnership with "Guardian" begins with Dmitry Volchek's piece on Russians emigrating to Ukraine

# Yahoo News uses video from RFE/RL Pakistan of bomb attack in Bannu

# "Putin's Moves on Ukraine Keep West Guessing" - Gregory White, "Wall Street Journal"

# Public opinion against Russia hardens, even in traditional strong spots like Venezuela, according to Pew

# "How the EU Sleepwalked Into a Conflict With Russia" - Ulrich Speck, Carnegie

# Will France's Mistral vessels make Russia a naval threat?

# "Documents Show Rebel Justice In East Ukraine Was Bureaucratic, Swift, And Merciless" - Max Seddon, Buzzfeed

# Separatist leaders, defiant, say they're consolidating resources in Donetsk

# Amnesty says it has gathered evidence of abductions and torture in eastern Ukraine

# Ukrainians protest against "abandonment" by EU

# Photos of Ukraine cities after separatist retreats

Eastern Europe

# Death toll rising among Shi'ite recruits

# Kurds call Maliki "hysterical," demand his resignation

# On the road to Sammara, glimpses of Iraq's fractured reality

# Inside the leadership of Islamic State

# "Iraq Illusions" - Jessica Matthews, "New York Review of Books"

# Iran "last best hope" in Middle East?

# "Obama and the Syria Two-Step" - Michael Doran, Brookings

# Why isn't the BBC protesting about Aliasghar Honarmand's jailing in Iran?

# "In Afghanistan, Third Round of Elections or Coup" - Ioannis Koskinas, Foreign Policy

# "Afghanistan's Worst Fear Is Being Realized" - Mahbouba Seraj, Huffington Post

# Why a Taliban takeover after U.S. withdrawal is unlikely

# Pakistan claims win along border, but enemy slips away

# Photos: The other Pakistan

# Turkish FM in Uzbekistan to help end strained relations

# Kazakh romance film premieres in Karlovy Vary

# Jay Rosen to journalists: Facebook has all the power, you have none