A woman stands in front of a screen showing preliminary election results at the headquarters of Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, March 18, 2018. Vladimir Putin won REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
AFP: Putin says will engage with West after record vote win
Moscow (AFP) - Vladimir Putin on Monday said he would address disputes with the West after an election that saw him return to the Kremlin with a record vote share, as Moscow faces increasing isolation.
International leaders were slow to congratulate the Russian president after a Sunday election that saw him take almost 77 percent of the vote, as monitors reported ballot stuffing and other alleged cases of fraud.
The poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain along with fresh sanctions from Washington over allegations of meddling in the US 2016 election have isolated Moscow to an extent not seen since the Cold War.
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