Vladimir Putin wins his fifth term in Kremlin

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Vladimir Putin wins his fifth term in Kremlin

Updated election results have confirmed a landslide victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia’s election commission says Putin won more than 87 per cent of the vote. In Moscow’s Red Square Putin attended a rally to celebrate. In Europe the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative with numerous governments condemning the process as stage managed and undemocratic. Our Europe correspondent Simon McGregor-Wood reports