The Rundown -- May 18

# Fortune and Independent cite Carl Schreck's reporting on PayPal blocking payments for Nemtsov report

# Guardian reports on Azerbaijan extending detention of Khadija Ismayilova

# Yahoo uses RFE/RL Iraq Service video of mass exodus from Ramadi

# Vladimir Putin scored eight goals in a hockey game

# Russia's most talked about forced marriage (between a 17 and 47 year-old) exposes "Putin's cronies"

# After Tsarnayev verdict, Kadyrov comes out as Boston Marathon truther

# "New Putin Invasion Coming This Summer" - Michael Weiss and James Miller, Daily Beast

# Bershidsky: Rebel overtures designed by Putin to freeze conflict

# West clings to ceasefire despite Kyiv's doubts (Nuland in Moscow for talks)

# Ukraine claims two Russian soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine

# "In Ukraine, Corruption Concerns Linger a Year After a Revolution" - David Herszenhorn, New York Times

# "Putin Controls All Ukraine’s Airwaves, Phones and Computers" - James Coyle, Newsweek

# Several thousand rally in Moldova for reunification with Romania

# Tens of thousands protest against government in Skopje

# Iraq sends reinforcements to Ramadi as IS seizes city

# Yemen ceasefire expires

# "Did George W. Bush Create ISIS?" - Dexter Filkins, New Yorker

# Armenia's "hero" taxi driver

# Washing Post editorial: Sticking with the strongmen in Central Asia

# Turkmenistan reportedly pardons more than 1,200 prisoners

# "Europe and Turkmenistan Make Nice" - Paolo Sorbello, Diplomat

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