Medvedev rules out gas merger with Ukraine

Preview and reports of visit by Russia President Dmitry Medvedev to Ukraine, May 2010.

President Medvedev acknowledged that Ukraine did not support an earlier Russian proposal to merge its natural gas giant Gazprom and the heavily indebted Ukrainian counterpart Naftogaz. However, relations between the two countries had improved since the Viktor Yanukovich became President of Ukraine earlier in 2010.

ESO: Background information: Putin eyes Gazprom tie-up with Ukraine to integrate gas producers http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-eyes-gazprom-tie-up-with-ukraine-to-integrate-gas-producers/

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