Russia's Putin - central bank should not allow excessive rouble speculation

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the central bank should not allow excessive speculation on the rouble currency but that he thought the bank's policy was correct. Putin also told a conference of business people that the central bank was independent in managing the country's finances and that its main goal was to target inflation. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Jack Stubbs and Alexander Winning; Editing by Christian Lowe)