The Rundown -- May 22

# House committee approves bill on consolidation of RFE/RL and other international broadcasting entities

# Read Mark Baker and Merhat Sharipzhan in the Guardian on the mysterious mass deaths of saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan

# Read Daud Khattak in Foreign Policy on the "blame game" in Pakistan

# Merkel dashes Ukraine's EU membership hopes, says no to lifting visa restrictions

# Ukrainian lawmakers suspend military cooperation with Russia

# "Ukraine Makes Amnesia the Law of the Land" - Jochen Hellbeck, New Republic

# "On Mariupol’s Front Lines With Ukraine’s Mother Courage" - Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast

# Russia warns Google, Twitter and Facebook they will be blocked if they withhold blogger data

# Prosecutors leave trail of "death and destruction" at Crimean zoo

# What it's like to be hated online in Russia today

# Ukraine says it shot down two Russian drones

# "Moldova Eyes Russia’s Embrace as Flirtation With Europe Fades" - Andrew Higgins, New York Times

# "EU Can Win the Battle for Its Eastern Neighbors" - Vladislav Inozemtsev, Moscow Times

# Obama: in-depth interview on Middle East policy

# Bin-Laden thought about setting up a recruitment office in Iran

# Changing Iraq fortunes put Obama legacy at risk

# Saddam's nephew reportedly killed in Iraq

# Iraq having increasing trouble controlling its 100,000 militiamen

# "Ukraine's Geopolitical Spillover Officially Makes it to Afghanistan" - Catherine Putz, Diplomat

# Development and the battle for Afghanistan

# Months before raid, bin Laden considered leaving compound

# More than 100 charged in mob killing of Christian couple in Pakistan

# Russia and Tajikistan complete joint military drills on Afghan border

# Tajikistan closes Gulen-affiliated schools

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Caucasus
# In Georgia, increased interest in Eurasian Union amid disappointment in EU

# HRW: EU leaders should insist on Azerbaijan prisoner releases at summit

# Playboy goes SFW

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