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Russia elections: Vladimir Putin seeks fifth term in tightly-controlled election - BBC News Russia elections: Vladimir Putin seeks fifth term in tightly-controlled election - BBC News
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Steve RosenbergSteve Rosenberg
BBC Russia editorBBC Russia editor
The first thing I notice at this By midday a queue of people had suddenly formed outside the
Moscow polling station is the official logo of the 2024 election: a large Moscow polling station we were at.
letter “V”. Young and old. Several dozen Muscovites. They were allowed into the building in small groups.
It’s on signs and posters all around here. No placards, no slogans.
This particular Latin Very much a silent protest.
letter also happens to be one of the symbols of Russia’s "special military operation": the war in Ukraine. Ivan told me why he was taking part in "Midday Against Putin".
The portraits of the four candidates are up on the wall, It was important for me to see the faces of other people who would come here today and to see I am not alone in my political views."
along with a few paragraphs of information on each of them. "There are a lot of Muscovites and other people who believe Russia can be another country with another future,” Ivan adds.
There’s much more
written here about the three challengers than about Candidate Putin: mind you,
after nearly a quarter of a century in power, Vladimir Putin is already pretty
well known to Russian voters.
The other three candidates - Leonid Slutsky,
Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov - are all MPs from the
Kremlin-friendly parliament.
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