Order reigns in Moscow.
Behind the high walls of the Kremlin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin still reigns as the undisputed master of immense Russia, custodian of its past glory and its present misfortunes.
His re-election without rival or debate, a month after he took the life of his most threatening opponent, Alexeï Navalny, could be seen as a superfluous charade.
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It still renews its legitimacy at the head of a country which supports it, partly for lack of alternative, in times of war and in the absence of any free expression.
At the start of his fifth term, which should see him equal the longevity of Stalin and approach that of Catherine the Great, the neo-tsar intends to beat the democracies at their own game: by aping them, he projects an image of national cohesion and offers itself a veneer of respectability.
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