Sydney, Apr. 8 (ANI): Topless female demonstrators disrupted Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to an industrial fair with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Merkel and Putin were attending the Hanover Messe, an industrial exhibition, in northern Germany where Russia is this year's guest country.
The two were taking a presentation of a new car model at the Volkswagen stand by the company's chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, when the four bare-breasted women started shouting 'f*** dictator'.
The protesters were eventually overpowered by security personnel, NTV channel reports.
According to the Herald Sun, at the event's inauguration late on Sunday, Merkel urged Putin to 'give a chance' to non-governmental organisations which she described as a 'motor of innovation' as dozens of demonstrators protested a recent Russian crackdown on the groups outside the convention centre.
It was not clear whether the women in Hanover were Femen members. (ANI)
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