Swearing-In Ceremony of Vladmir Putin
Tuesday marked the swearing-in ceremony of President Vladimir Putin for a further six-year term. The US and other Western nations abstained from the ceremony, during which Putin hinted at the possibility of nuclear negotiations with the US.
Vladimir Putin was sworn in as President of Russia for the fifth time on Tuesday. 71-year-old Putin began his fifth term by taking oath at a grand ceremony in the Kremlin. Putin has assumed the post of Russian President for the fifth time at a time when he is being accused of… pic.twitter.com/wYZu2tN7Um
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After sending tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, where Russian forces have regained the initiative after a series of setbacks and are attempting to move further in the east, Putin, who has been in office as president or prime minister since 1999, begins his new term more than two years later.
Putin, at seventy-one, controls the majority of internal politics. He is engaged in a conflict with Western nations on the international front, accusing them of attempting to subjugate and destroy Russia through the use of Ukraine as a means of doing so.
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After taking the oath of office, Putin informed the Russian political elite that he was not going to stop talking to the West, but that it would have to decide for itself how to interact with his nation.
He stated that discussions about strategic nuclear stability may take place with the West, but only on an equal footing.
“We are a united and great people and together we will overcome all obstacles, we will bring to life everything we have planned. Together we will be victorious,” Putin said.
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Putin won elections in landslide victory in March
In March, Putin emerged victorious in a closely monitored poll in which two candidates opposed to war were disqualified for technical reasons.
A month prior, his most well-known opponent, Alexei Navalny, unexpectedly passed away in an Arctic prison colony, and several other prominent opponents are either imprisoned or have been forced to escape overseas.
Putin, a former lieutenant colonel in the KGB who came to power in 1999, made it plain that the outcome should serve as a warning to the West’s leaders that, in peace or conflict, they will have to deal with a more powerful Russia for many years to come.
