he took the oath in the kremlin's grounds and andrews hall putin can point to a number of positive economic developments during his time in power inflation has been kept low national debt to all the while the standard of living has increased but he says there's more to be done. but if you knew because of this you do good structural problems and make sure our economy grows faster we need new sources of growth. production needs to become more efficient businesses need modernizing. we need to employ new technology in manufacturing new technologies are almost exclusively employed in russia's oil and gas industry the energy sector is enormously important for the country's economy accounting for almost sixty percent of exports in other areas though it struggles to compete globally for a long time in the past the government focused mainly on promoting major industries some would say to the neglect of small and medium sized enterprises where the lion's share of innovation tends to take place government spending has risen to seventy percent of g.d.p. . gold rush made it possible to put a painful but

later today, for the fourth time, vladimir putin will walk through saint andrews hall of the grand kremline oath of office. in the great hall where russian emperors were crowned , mr putin will once again be declared president of the world's largest country. he's already the longest serving leader here sincejosef stalin, the most powerful, too. but president putin 4.0 faces some tough challenges. after the nerve agent attack in salisbury that britain blames on the russian state, m oscow fa ces international isolation. the war in syria is another potential flash point in relations between russia and the west, which are at their lowest level since the cold war. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are beginning to bite. to boost the economy here, will president putin mend bridges with the west? and how will he deal with opponents at home? this is how an anti—putin protest ended in moscow on saturday. the kremlin has been cracking down hard on public displays of dissent. that is unlikely to change. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's cross live to moscow and our correspondent ther

later today, for the fourth time, vladimir putin will walk through saint andrews hall of the grand kremlintake the oath of office. in the great hall where russian emperors were crowned, mr putin will once again be declared president of the world's largest country. he's already the longest serving leader his isjosef stalin, the most powerful as well. by president bruton 4.0 faces some tough challenges. —— president putin. after the nerve agent attack in salisbury, that britain blames on the russian state, moscow faces international isolation. the war in syria is another potential flashpoint in relations between russia and the west, which are at their lowest level since the cold war. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are beginning to bite. to boost the economy here, will president putin mend bridges with the west? and how will he deal with the west? and how will he deal with opponents at home? this is how an anti—putin protest ended in moscow on saturday. the kremlin has been cracking down hard on public displays of distance. that is unlikely to change. steve rosenberg, bbc news, m

later today, for the fourth time, vladimir putin will walk through saint andrew's hall of the grand kremlinhe great hall where russian emperors were crowned , mr putin will once again be declared president of the world's largest country. he's already the longest serving leader here sincejoseph stalin, the most powerful too. but president putin 4.0 faces some tough challenges. after the nerve agent attack in salisbury that britain blames on the russian state, m oscow fa ces international isolation. the war in syria is another potential flashpoint in relations between russia and the west, which are at their lowest level since the cold war. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are beginning to bite. to boost the economy here, will president putin mend bridges with the west? and how will he deal with opponents at home? this is how an anti—putin protest ended in moscow on saturday. the kremlin has been cracking down hard on public displays of dissent. that is unlikely to change. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the foreign secretary borisjohnson is expected to make a series of appearanc

putin, arriving for the ceremony. that's ceremony taking place in the hall of the order of saint andrews.are expecting the president to speak as part of this ceremony. it comes at a time with those hugely strained times at the west and over the weekend in russia there have been hundreds of arrests. protesters in moscow and across the country demonstrating against the president. translation: sworn into office, the president of the russian federation ta kes all president of the russian federation takes all approved by the constitution. please take your oath. i swear, when implementing my responsibilities of the president of the russian federation to respect the russian federation to respect the rights of human beings and citizens. to protect the constitution of the russian federation, to serve god, the sovereignty and independence, security and integrity of the state. to bea security and integrity of the state. to be a loyal servant to the people. vladimir putin has been sworn into the position of president of russia. russian national anthem plays. translation: the president of the russian