07/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The new Russian President, Vladimir Putin, officially took office on Monday 7 May. At his investiture ceremony, which was attended by Gerhard Schröder and Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister swore “as President of the Russian Federation, to respect the rights and liberties of the people and the citizens”. “We wish to live and we shall live in a Russia which succeeds, which is respected in the world as a reliable, open, honest and predictable...