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Russia elections: Navalny's widow Yulia thanks anti-Putin protesters as she casts vote in Berlin - BBC News Russian election: President Vladimir Putin claims fifth term in inevitable poll landslide - BBC News
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The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has thanked those who took part in protests today as the last of votes were cast. President Vladimir Putin says his win in the election will allow Russia to become stronger and more effective.
Supporters of Navalny, who died in prison last month, had been encouraged to turn up to polling stations at 12:00 local time and vote en masse, as a protest against President Putin. Speaking at his campaign headquarters, Putin says: "Out of every voice, we are building a common will of the people of Russian Federation."
Yulia Navalnaya appeared at one such gathering at Russia's embassy in Berlin, casting her vote after several hours in the queue. He also thanks the citizens who came to the polling stations and expresses "special gratitude to our warriors on the line of contact", referring to the front line of the war in Ukraine.
In a message on X (formerly Twitter), she thanked everyone involved in the protests worldwide. "No matter how hard they tried to scare us, suppress our
"It’s not me, but you who give me hope that everything is not in vain, that we will still fight," said Navalnaya. "I love you all very much." will, our conscience, no-one has ever succeeded in history. They failed now, and
they will fail in the future," he adds.
The Russian election has been described as neither free nor fair by some of his international counterparts.
The former KGB leader, who has been in power since 1999 will lead the country for a fifth term.
But tonight's results were no surprise, as any credible opposition to Vladimir Putin is either in jail, in exile or dead.
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