MOSCOW, March  18, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on
Monday thanked supporters at a concert on Red Square following his election
victory, standing alongside the three loyalist candidates who ran against him.

"Hand in hand, we will move forward and this will make us stronger... Long
live Russia!" Putin told the crowd attending a pop concert to mark 10 years
since Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine.