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	21 July 2010
	Current Affairs

	The detention of a Russian pilot in Liberia by U.S. intelligence agencies violates international law and is practically considered kidnapping, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

	Russia is in talks with foreign customers interested in buying Iskander tactical missile systems, a senior executive at state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.

	Militants attacked a hydroelectric power plant in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region on Wednesday, killing two guards before setting off several bombs that forced the facility to be shut down.

	Foreign Ministers Lieberman, Grishchenko sign mutual agreement despite Shas' staunch objection, claiming move would lead to increase in crime, prostitution

	Business & Economics

	The Russian Finance Ministry said Wednesday it would boost taxes on natural-gas extraction by 61% as it works toward balancing the budget, a blow to the powerful Kremlin-connected industry and OAO Gazprom, the world's biggest gas producer.

	Russia will begin selling grain to its struggling meat and dairy producers after a severe drought killed at least one-fifth of grain crops across the country, the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday.

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