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Vladimir Putin elected for his fifth term six years.

That means that at the end of six years

Vladimir Putin will be in the history books as the longest ruling dictator in the

Kremlin longer than Stalin whom you can date from Lenin's death peculiarly till his own death in 1953.

Stalin is infamous.

Putin is not, however, it's early yet in the century. And I welcome Mary Kessel, Executive Vice President

Stevens Incorporated, former senior advisor to the Secretary of State,

Long time with the Wall Street Journal editorial page in Asia,

Hong Kong, to comment on what we just witnessed in Moscow

Vladimir Putin coming very close to 90% of the vote,

though he ran as an independent.

He had no major opposition.

He had nominal opposition from candidates who were arranged to be on the ticket, on the

ballot.

In any event, we have these headlines out of London.

Putin wants Ukraine buffer zone to protect Russia from missile attacks. Flash mob

protests overshadow Putin's victory in sham election.

Dozens of Russians arrested in noon against Putin protests.

Putin strolls to victory, but his opponents humiliate

and out fox him.

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