Putin Eyes Fourth Term As Russians Go To Polls

Umer Jamshaid Published March 18, 2018 | 01:45 PM

Putin eyes fourth term as Russians go to polls

Moscow, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Mar, 2018 ) :Russians voted Sunday in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term, as the country is embroiled in a crisis with Britain and its allies over a spy poisoning.

With the vast country stretching across 11 time zones, polls opened in the Russian far east at 2000 GMT on Saturday and will close in Kaliningrad, the country's exclave on the EU border, at 1800 GMT on Sunday.

With Putin's main challenger Alexei Navalny barred from taking part in the poll for legal reasons, the result of the election is hugely predictable, with overall turnout remaining the only likely element of surprise.

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