With Putin’s reelection, expect rising tensions with the West
2018-03-19 09:39:16 source：The Washington Post
March 18, 2018
MOSCOW -- When Russian President Vladimir Putin took the stage on a square outside the Kremlin to claim victory in Sunday’s national election, he did so at an open-air concert celebrating the fourth anniversary of his annexation of Crimea.
He thanked the crowd for their support in the “very difficult circumstances” of recent years and then led a chant: “Russia! Russia! Russia!”
With his landslide win Sunday, Putin got the election show he wanted. As he figures out what’s next, expect rising tensions with the West.
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