Vladimir Putin wins a fifth term as Russian president, by a landslide of 87%.

He faced no credible opposition candidate as the kremlin tightly controls Russia’s political system, media and elections

Germany calls it a “pseudo-election”, while the us says the vote was “obviously not free nor fair”.

Ukraine’s president Zelensky said, yesterday Mr. Putin was “drunk with power and is doing everything to rule forever”.

At a post-election news conference, Mr. Putin vowed to press on with the invasion of Ukraine.