Presidential election in Russia: will Russian expatriates in France go to vote?. Many of them say that they will not vote, because of a predetermined vote.
Others even want to demonstrate to show their opposition to the re-election of Vladimir Putin. If Vladimir Putin is sure to win, the situation remains tense in the country after arrests and incidents in polling stations. Despite a vote already decided in advance, the Kremlin wants to give the impression that Russians and inhabitants of the annexed territories of Ukraine came to the polling stations in large numbers.