Leading Russian business daily Vedomosti...

At a meeting of State Duma faction leaders with President Dmitry Medvedev on April 2, Boris Gryzlov of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party suggested Vedomosti had links to the terrorists behind the Moscow metro bombings that killed 40 people.

The business daily said such comments were damaging to its reputation

"I would like to cite an example that I personally find bewildering," Gryzlov said. "The fact of the publication in the Vedomosti newspaper of the headline "Revenge for the Caucasus"; the fact of the article by Alexander Minkin in Moskovsky Komsomolets; and Doku Umarov"s announcement [claiming responsibility for the attacks]."

"If we analyze these three sources, we will see they were practically cooked in the same pot. It gives rise to the suspicion that these publications and the actions of the terrorists are connected," he added.

Vedomosti editor Tatyana Lysova sent a letter to Gryzlov on April 6 asking the Duma speaker to explain his comments

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