Vladimir Putin: “He basically said, well they`re not really a country, they never were a country. This is ours. We`re just taking it…”

Your choice and determination will show once again that millions of people are backing our fighters and that we stand together.

Nobody can divide or intimidate us, undermine our statehood, our public and political system.

At the heart of this escalation lie arrogance and overconfidence. This is a path to the brink of the abyss.

Such a high, even record, number of people who came out and voted shows that the people of Russia support our efforts aimed at strengthening the country.