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| Putin addresses Red Square crowds after claiming landslide election win | |
| (7 months later) | |
| Barbara TaschLive reporter | |
| That’s it for today’s live coverage of the Russian | That’s it for today’s live coverage of the Russian |
| elections. | elections. |
| As we’ve been reporting, Putin’s electoral victory - called out as | As we’ve been reporting, Putin’s electoral victory - called out as |
| neither free nor fair by Western leaders - has been casting a dark shadow over | neither free nor fair by Western leaders - has been casting a dark shadow over |
| Ukraine, where armed men accompanied voters in regions under Russian control. | Ukraine, where armed men accompanied voters in regions under Russian control. |
| There | There |
| has been a lot of speculation over how this victory will affect the war in | has been a lot of speculation over how this victory will affect the war in |
| Ukraine - but for James | Ukraine - but for James |
| Nixey, Director of the Russia-Eurasia Programme at the Chatham House think tank, it will only | Nixey, Director of the Russia-Eurasia Programme at the Chatham House think tank, it will only |
| embolden the Russian leader. | embolden the Russian leader. |
| "Putin | "Putin |
| is likely to use his ‘landslide’ as an endorsement to prosecute his war against | is likely to use his ‘landslide’ as an endorsement to prosecute his war against |
| Ukraine harder and for longer,” he told me. | Ukraine harder and for longer,” he told me. |
| "Whether he actually believes it or not is immaterial. It is | "Whether he actually believes it or not is immaterial. It is |
| now easier - or at least less risky - for him to engage in another round of | now easier - or at least less risky - for him to engage in another round of |
| mobilisation and reshuffle his inner circle as and when he needs to.” | mobilisation and reshuffle his inner circle as and when he needs to.” |
| Nixey added that the war being "Putin’s only real policy | Nixey added that the war being "Putin’s only real policy |
| priority" meant all Russian state resources were directed toward it. | priority" meant all Russian state resources were directed toward it. |
| This election will quickly be forgotten. Rightly so because of its farcical nature. The war, however, will reverberate for decades to come, well beyond the end of hostilities and Putin’s lifetime, whether it ends naturally or violently." | This election will quickly be forgotten. Rightly so because of its farcical nature. The war, however, will reverberate for decades to come, well beyond the end of hostilities and Putin’s lifetime, whether it ends naturally or violently." |