Russia's presidential elections – in pictures
Russians go to the polls in a vote widely expected to return Vladimir Putin to the presidency, as activists complain of electoral fraud
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Stavropol: a woman leaves a voting booth
Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
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Bishkek: Russian citizens vote in a local theatre in Kyrgyzstan's capital
Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images
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St Petersburg: a Russian police officer sits next to a ballot box at a polling station
Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
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Moscow: Putin casts his vote
Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
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Moscow: the departing Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, votes on an electronic ballot box
Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters
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Moscow: the Russian presidential candidate Sergei Mironov casts his vote
Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
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Moscow: soldiers wait for their turn to vote
Photograph: Dmitry Korotayev/Getty Images
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Moscow: the presidential candidate and leader of the Liberal Democratic party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, inspects his ballot as he prepares to vote
Photograph: Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters
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Moscow: Svetlana Pavlova votes at a polling station in the capital
Photograph: Harry Engels/AP
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Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk oblast: a woman casts her ballot in a mobile ballot box outside her house
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk oblast: electoral officials carry a mobile ballot box as they walk through the village
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Oktyabrskoye, Arkhangelsk oblast: a woman casts her vote in a ballot box brought to her house
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy Kray: a woman casts her vote in a mobile ballot box
Photograph: Sergei Karpov/Reuters
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Podolsk, Moscow Oblast: people receive their ballot papers at a mobile polling station inside a local shop in the village
Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA
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Rostov-on-Don, Rostovskaya oblast: Russian cossacks leave booths after filling out their ballot papers
Photograph: Vladimir Konstantinov/Reuters
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Yakutsk, Siberia: a voter leaves a booth
Photograph: Reuters
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