REFILE - "Relaxed" Putin awes German bakery with visit


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Oct 2006

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - A "relaxed" Russian President Vladimir Putin ducked into a small Dresden bakery for a cup of coffee and a glance at the local newspaper, obviously at home in the city where he worked as a KGB spy. 

Bakery manager Alexandra Gaertner said he walked into her Wiener Feinbaecker cafe for a cup of coffee costing 1.90 euros and a 99-cent walnut pastry on Wednesday. 

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