Russian President Vladimir Putin took a long walk to his inauguration and another six years in power at the Kremlin. The footage of his presidential march originally ran longer than five minutes, so we've condensed it for you. The 65-year-old pledged to safeguard rights and freedoms and improve the lives of the Russian people. But he embarks on his new six-year term weighed down by costly confrontation with the West and low economic growth. Europe correspondent Steve Cannane reports. Read more here: For more from ABC News, click here: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: Subscribe to us on YouTube: Follow us on Instagram:
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