Russia goes to the polls today – Putin is expected to secure a new term

Russians began heading to the polls today to vote in a presidential election expected to secure a new term for Vladimir Putin, who is virtually unopposed, at a time when Ukraine has faced a two-year-old Russian attack , is multiplying its attacks against Russia. Polling stations opened today at 08:00 (local time, 22:00 Thursday Greek time) in the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukotka, the two remote regions in Russia's far east. And they will close on Sunday at 20:00 (local and Greek time) in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave within the EU. By 08:00 (Greek time), polling stations had opened across the country, which stretches across eleven hour spindles. Voting will take place over three days, including in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine or even Transnistria, the pro-Russian separatist territory of Moldova. Shortly before the start of voting, Mr […]
Source: News Beast

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