Putin visits victim of Raspadskaya mine explosion

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) talks to a medic as he visits a victim of an underground explosion at the Raspadskaya mine at a hospital in Novokuznetsk May 11, 2010. The death toll from the Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 43 on Tuesday and dozens of workers were still missing in a maze of tunnels threatened by flooding, emergency officials said. [Agencies]