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Putin poised to rule Russia for 6 more years
Updated On: 18 March, 2024 07:35 AM IST | Moscow | Agencies
Navalny’s associates urged those unhappy to protest by coming to vote at noon, say people heeded the call
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An effigy of Russia’s Vladimir Putin bathing in a bath of blood is seen at a rally in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, where voters lined up to cast their ballots. Pic/AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend nearly a quarter century of rule for six more years on Sunday after wrapping up an election that gave voters no real alternatives to an autocrat who has ruthlessly cracked down on dissent.
The three-day election that began Friday has taken place in a tightly controlled environment where no public criticism of Putin or his war in Ukraine is allowed. Putin’s fiercest political foe, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison last month, and other critics are either in jail or in exile.
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