Medvedev: Kiev infighting holding up gas payments

BERLIN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Political infighting in Ukraineahead of a presidential election in January is holding up Kiev'spayments for Russian gas, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev saidin an interview with German weekly magazine Der Spiegel.

Medvedev placed the blame for frosty relations between thetwo former Soviet republics squarely on the shoulders ofPresident Viktor Yushchenko and said he hoped a new leader wouldbe more "pragmatic" in relations with Moscow.

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