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Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide election victory in the country’s Presidential elections.
The results were announced late Sunday after a three-day voting process in which Putin claimed 87% of the votes, according to Russia’s Central Election Commission.
With Putin winning his fifth term as President, he is now set to overtake Joseph Stalin and become Russia’s longest-serving leader in more than 200 years.
Supporters of Putin’s now deceased political opposition and critic, Alexei Navalny, staged symbolic protests.
