Watch again as an inauguration ceremony was held for Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday 7 May, after he claimed a landslide victory in sham elections, extending his rule for another six years.
Already in office for nearly a quarter-century and the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Joseph Stalin, Mr Putin’s new term doesn’t expire until 2030, when he is constitutionally eligible to run for another six years.
Britain did not send a representative to the Russian president’s swearing-in ceremony over the war in Ukraine, much like most of the European Union states.
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