http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,442003,00.html
Visit to Germany Marred
Putin Dogged by Questions Over Murdered Journalist Despite vows to hunt down the killers and promote press freedom, Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to stop a barrage of questions about the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya during his two-day visit to Germany.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Germany has been overshadowed by the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a fierce critic of the Putin and Russia's war in Chechnya.
Politicians in the Bavarian capital Munich, where Putin is due to meet regional government and business leaders on Wednesday, said they would discuss the killing and Russian press freedom with him.
"(The murder) casts a shadow over Russian society as far as democracy, freedom of expression and the use of violence is concerned and President Putin owes Bavaria and the world answers," Bavarian Economy Minister Erwin Huber said. He told Bavarian radio those issues would be "major topics" in Putin's talks with state premier Edmund Stoiber.
The head of Germany's parliamentary human rights committee, Herta Däubler-Gmelin, said Putin had to provide answers about the killing in the next two months or face "the consequences."
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