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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ELEONORE DERMY The sun beats down on wheat growing in Mokrye Kurnali on July 20, 2010. No rain has fallen since April while temperatures over the last weeks have jumped over 30 degrees Celsius. And this after a bitter winter whose thaw destroyed winter crops. The drought is not just bad news for thousands of farmers across Russia but also for the country’s ambitions to become a leading global grain exporter. AFP PHOTO / ELISE MENAND (Photo credit should read )