“We are a great and united nation, and together we will overcome all obstacles, we will achieve everything planned, and together, we will win,” the president launched in the Kremlin.
Vladimir Putin He was sworn in this Tuesday in a lavish ceremony in the Kremlin that begins his fifth term as president of Russia where he enjoys unprecedented power in the face of a suffocated opposition.
“I swear (…) to respect and protect the rights and freedoms, to respect and protect the Constitution, the sovereignty, independence, security and integrity of the government,” declared the 71-year-old president, reported an AFP correspondent at the scene.
The Russian president told the Russians in his inauguration speech that “together” they will win and that the country will emerge “strengthened” of the “difficult” period he is going through.
“We will go through this difficult period with dignity and we will emerge stronger,” said the Russian leader in the Kremlin and added: “We are a great and united nation, and together we will overcome all obstacles, we will achieve everything planned, and together, we will win.”
Source: Ambito
