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Russia elections: Navalny's widow Yulia thanks anti-Putin protesters as she casts vote in Berlin - BBC News Russia elections: Navalny's widow Yulia thanks anti-Putin protesters as she casts vote in Berlin - BBC News
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Voting has now closed across Russia, but Russians living abroad will continue to vote at their country's embassies until 20:00 local time. You could be forgiven for not noticing there were three other candidates on the ballot.
As we've reported, exit polls are giving Vladimir Putin a predictable landslide victory. That's because none of the three were credible opponents as they were all authorised by the Kremlin and have all steered clear of criticising Putin.
Here are some pictures of people voting across Russia. The only real Kremlin critics are either in exile, in jail, or are now dead.
Although Putin is popular among many Russians, he faced no real challengers in this election and his fifth term has essentially been a given. Communist Nikolai Kharitonov is on course for 4.6-4.7% of the vote according to the two exit polls.
Deputy parliamentary speaker Vladislav Davankov is projected to win 3.6%-4.2%.
Leonid Slutsky of the nationalist LDPR is set to come fourth with 2.5-3%.
One man who did attract popular support, Boris Nadezhdin, was barred from running a month before the election.
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