Monday, May 7, 2012

Russian President Putin Inaugurated For A Third Term



Vladimir Putin Inaugurated As Russian President -- BBC

Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as president of Russia in a lavish ceremony in the capital, Moscow.

Mr Putin is returning to the presidency after an absence of four years in which he served as prime minister. The outgoing President, Dmitry Medvedev, was widely seen as an ally of Mr Putin.

He won a third term as president in controversial elections in March.

On Sunday, thousands of protesters opposed to the inauguration clashed with police in Moscow.

Mr Putin took the presidential oath at the Grand Kremlin Palace, in a hall that was once the throne room of the Russian tsars.

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More News On The Inauguration Of Russian President Putin

Vladi­mir Putin takes presidential oath for new term in Russia -- Washington Post
Amid Protests, Putin Returns to Presidency in Russia -- New York Times
Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russian president -- The Telegraph
Putin sworn in as Russia's president -- UPI
Putin returns as Russia's president amid protests -- CNN
Amid Protests, Putin Sworn In for Third Presidential Term -- The Moscow Times
'Serving the fatherland is the meaning of my life': Putin inaugurated for THIRD six-year presidential term... the night after 20,000-strong demo -- Daily Mail
Putin Returns to the Kremlin -- Spiegel Online
Putin pledges unity on return to Kremlin -- Reuters
Putin reloaded or Putin reformed? -- RT
More than 400 arrests as 20,000 take to Moscow streets in protest over Putin's inauguration -- Daily Mail

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