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MOSCOW -- Russian natural gas company Gazprom has a contract with Ukraine that outlines a solid future working relationship, the Russian president said. Ukraine is pressing Moscow for a better deal on natural gas. A deal brokered in 2009 links the price of natural gas imported from Russia to oil prices, creating problems for a Ukrainian economy already battered by the economic recession gripping world markets.

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