The Rundown -- August 6

# ViceNews cites RFE/RL Ukrainian Service on the struggles of heroin addicts in Crimea

# "Atlantic" cites RFE/RL Uzbek Service on Internet being shut down before standardized test

# Putin says Russia will answer with its own sanctions

# Russia moves to deport wife of activist

# Bloggers registering asked to share passwords with Russian Internet monitoring agency

# Russian gang amasses over 1 million Internet passwords

# Ukraine's revolution stalled due to war in the east

# Ukraine pop star a casualty in culture war with Russia

# "Ukraine Rebels Conscript ‘Punishment Brigades’ for Support Work" - Andrew Kramer, "New York Times"

# Has Western media coverage of the Ukraine crisis been fair?

# Video: Numbers of refugees and IDPs soaring

# "Lukashenka the peacemaker"

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Russia says it signs oil-for-goods accord with Iran, then says it hasn't

# Iranian official says Tehran seeking successor to al-Maliki

# Israel and Saudi Arabia reportedly coordinating potential Iran attack

# Who are the Yazidis?

# Will the U.S. help the Kurds fight ISIL?

# ISIL releases pictures of alleged beheadings of soldiers in Abar

# Iraqi Yazidis stranded on isolated mountaintop begin to die of thirst

# Uzbekistan denies reports of coming U.S. military base

# Kazakhstan reportedly becoming new hub for sex tourism

# Azerbaijan human rights plummet to new low

# Pro Publica's recipe for collaboration

# Looking for the enduring photo in Gaza