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BBC: Russia election – Muted Western reaction to Putin victory

By BBC.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video conference dedicated to the opening new sports facilities built as a part of the Gazprom's "Gazprom for Children" social program at his country residence of Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow on February 16, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin
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World leaders are congratulating Vladimir Putin on his election for a new six-year term as Russian president, but so far no Western leaders have responded to his victory.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country’s partnership with Russia was at its “best level in history”.

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