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May 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Mr Putin then made his vow with a hand on the constitution. He said he was inspired by “service to the Fatherland” and promised to work to improve wellbeing and security for all Russians.
“We’re entering a new stage in our national development,” he said. “We’ll have to address tasks that are of a totally different level and scale. The next few years will define the future of Russia for decades ahead.”
He added: “We want to live in a democratic country, where every person has the freedom and space to apply their talent and labour.”
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, who received a personal invitation from Mr Putin, was the only prominent foreigner present at the ceremony. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was also said to have been invited, did not appear to be present.
Confirmed as president for a third stint, Mr Putin – who was in the Kremlin from 2000 to 2008 – left the building to a 30-cannon salute.
He was later blessed in a service by Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Meanwhile, police were arresting handfuls of people on Moscow’s Nikitsky Boulevard and near Red Square, where several hundred gathered wearing white ribbons. The groups had hoped to organise flash mobs along Mr Putin’s route to the Kremlin. Several people were seized by police at Jean Jacques, a French restaurant popular with activists.
Military sources said that scores of arrested demonstrators under the call-up age of 27 were being issued drafting papers to the army.
Mr Udaltsov was fined 1,000 roubles (£20) and released for his part in a sit-down protest during Sunday’s rally, and Mr Navalny was also delivered to court. The Sunday rally ended with riot officers with batons striking and arresting protesters while some in the crowd lobbed stones and fought back.
In his first meeting as president, Mr Putin only hinted at the unrest when he told International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge he was “giving priority attention” to preparations for the Winter Games in Russia in 2014, “regardless of our internal political events.” Dignitaries were expected to attend a lavish inauguration banquet in the evening.
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