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	4 February 2010
	Current Affairs

	A Russian research institute has suggested radical changes to the way the country is run - warning that they are necessary if Russia is to modernise.

	The Ukrainian and Russian authorities have publicly accused each other of spying.

	The Russian-U.S. Drug Trafficking Working Group will hold its first session on Thursday in Moscow.

	Russia said on Wednesday its forces had killed an Egyptian militant in Dagestan who had set up a faction of al Qaeda in the volatile southern region.

	Politics

	Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday drove up tension ahead of Sunday's election, accusing her rival Viktor Yanukovich of preparing to rig the poll through last-minute changes to election rules.

	Business & Economics



	Russian Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin said he would order state businesses and agencies to boost purchases of Russian-made, cutting edge products.

	A Russian government committee has approved the Kharyaga oil project's $400 million budget for 2010.

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