India, March 20 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has won yet another presidential election with a landslide margin, with his closest rival securing less than 5% of the votes. He is set to become the longest-serving leader of modern Russia, with a tenure longer than that of Joseph Stalin or Leonid Brezhnev. No doubt he is authoritarian and questions have been raised about the political system in Russia, but the fact is the economic recovery under him and the grandiose idea of a "Great Russia", are almost a throwback to the imperial Russia of the past rather than the Communist dictatorship of the Soviet Union. This has won him huge support among the Russian masses. The multiple wars he has forced Moscow into are seen by Russians as inevitable in their country's march to regain past glory under his leadership. That the invasion of Ukraine and western sanctions did not ruin the Russian economy has only bolstered his credentials as a leader within his country. The world now needs to engage with him keeping this context in mind....