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Russia's Vladimir Putin sworn in for another six years in office

Vladimir Putin (C) is sworn as Russian President during an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 7, 2018. [Reuters]

Vladimir Putin was sworn in for another six years as Russian president on Monday, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends.

Standing in the ornately-decorated Andreyevsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, with his hand on a gold-embossed copy of the constitution, Putin swore to serve the Russian people, to safeguard rights and freedoms, and protect Russian sovereignty

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