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Friday, November 22, 2024  
19 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446  

Polls open for Russia’s presidential election

Polling stations have opened across Russia's vast expanse for the presidential election widely expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin.

Sunday's election comes in the wake of a series of massive protest rallies sparked by alleged fraud in December's parliamentary elections.

Although the protests were the largest public show of discontent in post-Soviet Russia, opinion polls show Putin far ahead of four other candidates, with enough support to easily win in the first round.