Voting has been taking place across Russia as Vladimir Putin seeks a fifth term in office
- The re-election of the 71-year-old is seen as inevitable, with most outspoken critics in exile, jailed or dead.
- Opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle.
- Long queues have been forming outside polling stations in Russia after his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, called for Russians to stand in protest at midday.
- The first two days of the vote saw dozens of incidents of vandalism at polling stations, with several people detained across Russia.
- Voting has also been taking place in the Russian-occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk.
- FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-68536879
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