Editorial: El País

• Vladimir Putin has won his fifth term as leader of the Russian Federation.
• Elements of pluralism have not been respected in these elections.
• Putin presides over a country with declining demography and increasing dependency on China.
• His fourth term will be forever associated with the invasion of Ukraine.
• Putin's claims of popularity do not hold up in his country's economy or in the progress of the war.
• These elections are a reaffirmation of his regime's militaristic and threatening vocation.

Conclusion: The legitimacy of Putin's mandate remains questionable.

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