普京宣誓就任俄总统 承诺加强民主

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路透莫斯科5月7日电---普京周一宣誓就任俄罗斯总统，呼吁团结并承诺在新一届六年任期内加强民主。tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 普京在克里姆林宫就职仪式上发表简短演讲称：“我将竭尽全力，不辜负群众对我的信任。我将把为祖国及人民服务，视为毕生之意义及责任所在。”tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 “如果我们是一个团结的民族，如果我们热爱祖国，加强俄罗斯民主、宪法权利和自由，我们将实现我们的目标。”tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 普京称，他曾与俄罗斯人民一同走过艰辛的道路。tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 “我们曾相信自己和自身力量，实现了国家的强大，并重塑国家尊严。世界见证过俄罗斯重生，这是群众携手努力的结果，每个人都做出了自己的贡献。”tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 普京对梅德韦杰夫表示赞赏：“今天我们拥有推进并创建具有活力、不断发展的国家的一切要素：稳定的经济和社会基础，一个积极负责的公民社会。我看到了梅德韦杰夫对此作出的巨大贡献。”tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

(Reuters) - Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia's president on Monday with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

Outside the Kremlin's high red walls, riot police prevented protests by rounding up 120 people, including men and women in cafes wearing the white ribbons symbolizing opposition to Putin, a day after detaining more than 400 people during clashes.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 But in the Kremlin, 2,000 dignitaries applauded Putin's every step down the red carpet into a vast hall with gilded columns, the throne room of tsars, where he was sworn in with his right hand resting on the red-bound Russian constitution.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 "We will achieve our goals if we are a single, united people, if we hold our fatherland dear, strengthen Russian democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms," Putin said in a five-minute speech after taking the oath for the third time.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 "I will do all I can to justify the faith of millions of our citizens. I consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people."tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 The Kremlin's bells chimed, and the national anthem bellowed out at the end of a ceremony which was followed by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church blessing Putin and the president taking charge of the nuclear suitcase.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Although he has remained Russia's dominant leader for the past four years as prime minister, Putin, 59, has now taken back the formal reins of power he ceded to his ally Dmitry Medvedev in 2008 after eight years as president.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Parliament is expected to approve Medvedev, 46, as prime minister on Tuesday, completing a job swap that has left many Russians feeling disenfranchised two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed.tc6Rainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语