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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.saudiarabia.ap/
Russia, Saudis to Coordinate Anti-Terror Efforts
(CNN) - Russian and Saudi officials agreed Wednesday to coordinate their anti-terrorism efforts during a visit to Moscow by Crown Prince Abdullah, the country's de facto leader. Moscow has said Saudi charities have provided financial support to Chechen separatists, and that the Chechen gunmen who seized a Moscow theater last October made calls to Saudi Arabia during the siege. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to raise the issue of having Russia become an observer nation in the Organization of the Islamic Conference, since Russia contains 20 million Muslims.