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Merkel push for EU-Russia visa freedom

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promises to push for a possible visa-free regime between EU and Russia.

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Merkel met with the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev on Wednesday in Yekaterinburg for bilateral talks.

- We will be certainly engage in this, Merkel told reporters after the meeting, writes RIA Novosti.

Medvedev said was confident a decision on a visa-free regime would eventually be reached if there was a necessary good will and desire.