"All at noon": Russians form symbolic queues to protest against Putin. "From the beginning of the street you can't see the end of the line," exclaimed Mijail, who went around that time to vote in the center of the capital.

Queues of hundreds of meters also formed at Russian embassies and consulates in Belgrade, Tel Aviv, Paris and The Hague (Netherlands) At least 23 people were arrested in Kazan, seven in Moscow and five in St. Petersburg.