Vladimir Putin is set to stay in power for another six years after polls suggested he received 88% of votes in an election overshadowed by the death and imprisonment of opposition figures.
A gloating Vladimir Putin has railed against the West in a speech following his apparent victory in Russia's sham presidential election tonight.
The news sparked condemnation from the West, with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky saying Putin was 'sick for power and is doing everything to rule forever'. People attend a rally in Berlin, near the Russian embassy where voters lined up to cast their ballots in the Russia's presidential election
READ MORE HERE: Alexei Navalny's widow joins 'Noon Against Putin' protest in Berlin as Russians form huge queues outside embassy in London and visit polling stations across the world to spoil their ballot papers Advertisement Only three token candidates - and no one who opposes his war in Ukraine - were allowed to run against him as he sought a fifth term.
'Maybe he should have avoided any mistakes of providing the applications, as far as I understand this was the problem, he did not get sufficient votes to take part in the campaign. He then went on to rant about the United States, accusing it of 'using the justice machine in order to attack one of the candidates'.
Members of a local electoral commission count ballots at a polling station after the last day of the three-day Russia's presidential election in Moscow 'People who spoiled their ballot papers... These kinds of people have to be dealt with,' Putin said in a late night address after claiming victory in the election.
'There is no legitimacy in this imitation of elections and there cannot be. This person should be on trial in The Hague. That's what we have to ensure,' he added 'The UK will continue to provide humanitarian, economic and military aid to Ukrainians defending their democracy.'Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Shapps said: 'He of course is going nowhere after stealing Sunday's so-called election, where political opponents are either imprisoned or murdered.
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny, talks to a woman during a rally near the Russian embassy in Berlin He said: 'This is an extremely important thing... the source of power in the country is the Russian people. And the vote of every citizen of Russia, the votes of all citizens of Russia express the united will of the Russian Federation. This is one of the bases for the country's development in the field of development, science and education.
In a press conference after his speech, Putin said he dreamed 'about a strong, independent, sovereign Russia and I hope that the results of the vote will allow us to achieve these goals'. He added: 'The initiative belongs entirely to the Russian armed forces, and in some areas our guys are just tearing them - the enemy - apart right now.'
Thousands across the nation who oppose the veteran Kremlin leader had gone to their local polling station at midday to either spoil their ballot paper in protest or to vote for one of the three candidates standing against Putin. A member of an electoral commission shows a ballot, as they count votes, after polling stations closed on the final day of the presidential election in Saint PetersburgA police officer checks a man as he and other people queue outside a polling station during Russia's presidential election in Saint PetersburgPictured: Voters queue to be checked by police at a polling station at noon local time in...
Advertisement One protestor held a sign that accused the despot of being an assassin, while another compared Putin to Stalin, and called Russia's invasion of Ukraine 'genocide' and 'terrorism.'
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