Merkel, Putin Butt Heads At German-Russian Forum

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel crossed swords at the Petersburg Dialogue in Moscow over Merkel's defense of jailed Pussy Riot members. In 2008, the Voina art group to which one of the Pussy Riot activists belonged, staged a stunt in a Moscow supermarket that included a Jewish effigy in an attempt to criticize the anti-immigrant and antigay policies of Moscow's mayor. (Reuters video)