Comment 2 for bug 1436946

Thank you for taking the time to file this report - the issue is known (gradients defined directly in document root are not correctly imported via 'File > Import' or Drag&Drop) and already tracked in
* Bug #609101 “File->Import image is not compatible with File->Open”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/609101

Linking as duplicate to bug #609101 - feel free to add a comment here (bug #1436946) and to revert the duplicate status if you disagree and think these are unrelated issues which need to be tracked and fixed independently.