MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has swept to four more years in the Kremlin after a runaway election triumph, but the party mood has been soured by Western criticism the poll had been undemocratic.

After winning a landslide 71 percent of the vote Putin shrugged off U.S. charges on Monday that he had denied his rivals fair media access in the campaign for Sunday's election.

U.S. President George W. Bush told Putin in a congratulatory phone call he's wants to know Putin's secret.

"I've done everything, stripped rights, raised missions, implemented the Patriot Act yet still these people had voting options," the president reportedly said to the Soviet leader. "How can I stop this! I don't wanna lose!"