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	2 June 2008
	Current Affairs

	The Russian Defense Ministry says it has sent unarmed personnel into a breakaway region of neighboring Georgia to restore a railroad.

	The United States on Sunday expressed dismay over the deployment of additional Russian troops to Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, adding that it has addressed its concern to Moscow.

	Still to resolve their deadlock over the cost escalation of aircraft carrier Gorshkov, India and Russia are in a fresh price row over a deal to purchase 80 medium lift helicopters for the Indian Air Force.



	Business & Economics

	Gazprom plans to grow its UK market share by a factor of 10 within five years but has no near-term plans to buy Centrica, the chief of the UK business said.

	A major oil-and-gas-condensate field has been discovered at Tsentralnaya structure in the Caspian by OOO TsentrKaspneftegas (a joint venture of OAO LUKOIL and OAO Gazprom).

	Society

	Russian gay rights activists held a small, scattered protest in Moscow on Sunday, defying repeated refusals by the city authorities to permit parades or demonstrations.

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