Russian election officials have officially confirmed Vladimir Putin has won a fifth term as president.
Mr Putin told supporters in a victory speech in Moscow that he would prioritise resolving tasks associated with what he called Russia's"special military operation" in Ukraine. “You can believe me or not, but the person spoke to me... I said I agree,” he told press yesterday. “Unfortunately, what happened happened.”“But unfortunately, we had some other cases where people died in prison,” he said. “Did you not have these events in American prisons?”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Mr Putin is “sick for power” when reacting to his victory.
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