MOSCOW (AFP) – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday stunned observers by proposing a merger between Russia's Gazprom, the world's largest gas firm, and Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz. The surprise plan infuriated the pro-Western opposition in Ukraine in an already tense domestic political situation and risks alarming the European Union, which has warily eyed Russia's gas expansion ambitions. "I have made a proposal... I propose merging Gazprom and Naftogaz,"...
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