Victory speech

Moscow, March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin, delivering a "victory speech" at his presidential campaign headquarters in Moscow, has thanked citizens after preliminary results by the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) showed him securing his fifth term in office. Speaking in front of his supporters on Sunday night, Putin said that his win in the election will allow Russia to become stronger and more effective. Besides thanking the citizens who came to the polling stations, Putin also expressed "special gratitude to our warriors on the line of contact", referring to the front line of the war in Ukraine. "No matter…