You could at least pretend to be surprised.
Look on the bright side, he is only claiming to have won a rigged election and is locking up anyone who says otherwise.
It isn't like he is claiming to have discovered priceless antiques as he was performing brain surgery while fighting off a yeti using only one hand with the noble art of dimac...thats all going to happen in next weeks installment of "real breaking news of Superputins adventures in the Motherland".