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Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as president of Russia, after winning the election in March. Mr Putin has been in power, as president or prime minister, for the past 18 years. His supporters say he has boosted Russia's standing on the international stage, whilst opponents have likened his tenure to the reign of a tsar. Dan Damon spoke to Natalia Pelevina, a member of the political council of PARNAS, a liberal opposition party in Russia.

(Picture: Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin. Credit: ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP/Getty Images)