Putin, 71, will easily secure a new six-year term that will enable him to overtake Stalin and become Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200 years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election, cementing his grip on power despite thousands of opponents protesting at polling stations.
The election comes just more than two years since Putin triggered the deadliest European conflict since World War II by ordering the invasion of Ukraine. He casts it as a “special military operation”. , had called on Russians to come out at a “Noon against Putin” protest to show their dissent against a leader they describe as a corrupt autocrat.
As noon arrived across Asia and Europe, crowds hundreds strong gathered at polling stations at Russian diplomatic missions. Navalny’s widow, Yulia, appeared at the Russian embassy in Berlin to cheers and chants of “Yulia, Yulia”.Noon protests Over the previous two days, there were scattered incidents of protest as some Russians set fire to voting booths or poured green dye into ballot boxes. Russian officials called them scumbags and traitors. Opponents posted some pictures of ballots spoiled with slogans insulting Putin.
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