KIEV, May 16 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he will seek to persuade his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych on Monday in Kiev to accept some form of merger between Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny.
The merger was first suggested by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on April 30, but Yanukovych had since essentially dismissed it as not meeting “national interest” criteria.
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