[1] The ceremony was attended by about three thousand people, including ministers, governors, deputies, senators, foreign ambassadors and religious leaders, as well as Russian scientists and artists.

The President is the Head of State, the guarantor of the Constitution, rights and freedoms of man and citizen, determines the main directions of domestic and foreign policy.

It is important that large-scale transformations, which we conducted in previous years in the economic, social and political spheres, have been further developed.

The only way we will build a strong democratic state where the rule of law and social justice, where security is provided, where all opportunities for self-realization, his business, civic and artistic initiatives.

I have worked as promised, taking the oath of office: openly and honestly in the interests of the people doing everything to ensure that they are free and confident about the future.

And I am glad that the President will be Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin - an experienced person and a strong leader, who is backed by the majority of citizens of our country.

I wish you success, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as President of Russia, in his work for our country, for our people!After the speech Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin invited Vladimir Putin to take the oath: Vladimir Putin read the text of the oath: I swear in exercising the powers of the President of the Russian Federation to respect and protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, to respect and defend the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to protect the sovereignty and independence, security and integrity of the state, to faithfully serve the people.After that, the Russian national anthem sounded, followed by a thirty-one salvo Artillery salute.

I think the meaning of his life and his duty to serve the Motherland, service to our nation, support which inspires and helps to solve the most complex and difficult task.

Together we have come a long and difficult way, to believe in themselves, in their own strength, strengthened the country regained the dignity of a great nation, the world saw the revival of Russia, and is the result of the efforts of our people, the total of hard work in which there is a personal contribution of each.

Today, we have everything to move forward, to the building: a functioning and developing countries, strong economic and social base, active and responsible civil society.

Today, we are entering a new stage of national development, we will need to meet the challenges of a fundamentally different level, different quality and scale.

And we should all realize that the lives of future generations, the historical perspective of the state and our nation depends on today is on us, on real progress in building a new economy and modern standards of living, on our efforts to save the people and the support of the Russian families, on our persistence in equipping vast Russian spaces from the Baltic to the Pacific ocean, on our ability to become leaders, and center of gravity of the whole of Eurasia.

We will achieve our goals if we are a single, united people, if we cherish our Motherland, strengthen Russian democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms, to expand the participation of citizens in government, in the formation of the national agenda, to the desire of each to a better life was embodied in the joint work for the prosperity of the whole country.

We will succeed if we build on the solid foundation of cultural and spiritual traditions of our multinational people, our thousand-year history, on the values that have always been the moral basis of our life, if each of us will live in good conscience, with faith and love homeland, to their loved ones, take care of the happiness of their children and the welfare of their parents.

[6] After receiving "nuclear briefcase", Putin and Medvedev went to the Cathedral Square, where the former President presented the Kremlin regiment of the new Supreme Commander.