Moscow: Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be 'intimidated' as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.
Moscow: Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be 'intimidated' as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.All of the 71-year old's major opponents are dead, in prison or exiled, and he has overseen an unrelenting crackdown on anybody who publicly opposes his rule or his military offensive on Ukraine.
'Drunk from power'Putin singled out Russian troops fighting in Ukraine for special thanks in his post-election speech in Moscow.And he was unrelenting in claiming his forces had a major advantage on the battlefield, even after a week which saw Ukraine mount some of its most significant aerial attacks on Russia and in which pro-Ukrainian militias barraged Russian border villages with armed raids.'The initiative belongs entirely to the Russian armed forces.
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