The Rundown -- July 16

# OCCRP publishes an investigative report by Khadija Ismayilova on Swedish telecom giant TeliaSonera and Azerbaijani President's Daughters

# The Guardian reprints RFE/RL's piece by Robert Coalson "Valeria Novodvorskaya: Russia's 'Don Quixote' Of Democracy, Human Rights"

# Hetq cites RFE/RL investigation on ties between TeliaSonera and Eurasian political figures

# Ted Lipien on U.S. international broadcasting, Washington Times

# Afghan market car bomb kills 89 in Paktika province, BBC

# Will Afghanistan Be The New Iraq? mintpressnews.com

# Anxious Moments for an Afghanistan on the Brink, NYT

# John Kerry’s deal to end Afghanistan’s election crisis is in trouble already, WP

# Kerry gets a diplomatic win in Afghanistan, Boston Globe

# Undoing Afghanistan's resource curse, LA Times

# Pakistani universities climbing up international rankings, Dawn

# In Pakistan, domestic abuse is none of your business, tribune.com.pk

# Kerry Cites ‘Progress’ in Iran Talks but Says ‘Very Real Gaps’ Remain, NYT

# A surplus of letters, a paucity of action on Iran, WP

# Study - Iran Sanctions Cost The U.S. Billions, huffingtonpost.com

# Poll finds 61% of Americans favor cooperating with Iran to contain Islamic State militants, WP

# Iran nuclear talks: Who's the real loser?, Al Jazeera

# Who’s Murdering Baghdad’s Prostitutes?, Daily Beast

# Iraqi Parliament Elects Speaker in Effort to Form New Government, NYT

# If Iraq Is Full of Oil, Why Is It Running Out of Gas?, Businessweek

# Is Turkmenistan the Next Central Asian Tiger?, The Diplomat

# Kazakhstan's Aviation Industry Faces Growing Pains, Forbes

# Ambitious Uzbeks strive for college education, centralasiaonline.com

# Profile - EU's Jean-Claude Juncker, BBC

# Philip Hammond: Eurosceptic with the stamina to take PM's fight to Brussels, Guardian

# Is it Time to Bring Containment Back?, National Interest

# Jailing 'Said the Deathless' Won't Pacify Dagestan, Moscow Times

# The Washington Post Declares War on Russia, National Interest

# Putin Draws the Wrong Lessons from Shevardnadze’s Legacy, Freedom House

# Analysis - As Ukrainian forces advance, Putin plays a double game, Reuters

# As Border Tensions Rise, Ukraine and Russia Draw Nearer to Direct Conflict, NYT

# Ukraine Plans to Set Up Crimean Ministry, Moscow Times