Voting for the presidential elections in Russia continues on the last day today. Polling will stop at 8 pm. On the last day of the elections, people protested against Putin and set fire to many polling stations. An attempt was made to spoil Putin’s election by coloring the ballot boxes. The protesters vandalized several polling booths on the call of the wife of Alexei Navalny, a staunch opponent of Putin who recently died in police custody. Ukraine also attacked Russia with 35 drones on Sunday. This caused fire at many places. Despite this, a lot of enthusiasm was seen among the voters. This time too, President Vladimir Putin’s victory is considered certain.
Putin first came to power in 1999. This time again he is on the verge of winning for a new term of 6 years. If that happens, he would become Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 20 years. People are seen standing in line to enter a polling station after noon on the final day of the presidential elections in Moscow on March 17, 2024. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, called on Russians to join protests on election day. To vote against or spoil ballot papers for President Vladimir Putin
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Protest took place on the last day
Critics have called for mass protests against Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin rule at Russian polling stations on Sunday, the final day of the presidential election. This demonstration is against the guarantee of strengthening his fundamentalist regime. Meanwhile, the three-day presidential election has already been marred by Ukrainian bombings and a series of sabotage and incursions into Russian territory by various anti-Putin groups. A Ukrainian drone strike early Sunday caused a fire at a refinery in Slavyansk in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region, where officials said one person died of a heart attack. While on Saturday, two people died after drone attacks in the Russian city of Belgorod.
35 Ukrainian drones entered Russia during presidential elections
The Russian Defense Ministry reported the intrusion of 35 Ukrainian drones on Sunday morning, including four in the Moscow region and two in the neighboring Kaluga and Yaroslavl regions. The Defense Ministry said more Ukrainian drones struck the Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions bordering Ukraine and the southern Krasnodar region. Since Russians have gone to the polls, there have been incidents of protest, including coloring in ballot boxes and arson at polling stations. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, the main Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had held mass anti-Putin rallies. His wife urged Russians to protest on Sunday. He called on protesters to spoil ballot papers by writing “Navalny” on them or vote for candidates other than Putin. (Reuters)
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