TODAY: Putin says decision to go ahead with tariffs does not conflict with the G20 Summit decision to hold off on tariffs; Politkovskaya trial to be open to journalists; Bakhmina to file petition for pardon; Obama supports Georgia, all sides denounced by Amnesty International; cultural relations with Germany and UK.

Vladimir Putin is wary of commitments made at the G20 Summit to avoid new trade barriers, hinting that Russia may delay some of the decisions promised in the summit’s declaration, signed by Medvedev.  Putin insists that the plan to raise tariffs on automobile imports will not conflict with the G20 declaration, but investors were not convinced, with this report suggesting that falling stocks are due to suspicions that the G20 will not help the financial crisis.