Putin basks in biggest election victory
MOSCOW-Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a landslide re-election victory on Monday, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory. But employees of state and private companies, as well as students, reported coming under pressure to vote. One of the most striking responses, however, came from RT editor Simonyan, who deployed a term for Putin that has been rarely heard here despite his ...