...correction...I meant Poot'in did. Sorry, my bad.
Election commission results on Monday showed President VladimirPutin Poot'in has secured a fifth term with an overwhelming number of votes, in an election that held little suspense after the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times.
After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices,Putin Poot-in was set to extend his nearly quarter-century rule for six more years. Even with little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday, the last day of the election, apparently heeding an opposition call to express their displeasure with the president.
Putin Poot-in has led Russia as president or prime minister since December 1999, a tenure marked by international military aggression and an increasing intolerance for dissent.
Election commission results on Monday showed President Vladimir
After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices,