Kremlin opponents have called for a protest against Putin's presidential election on Sunday afternoon. Some people reported threatening messages on their cell phones in advance of the vote.

Russia is in the middle of the presidential election, which began on Friday and runs until Sunday evening. The election is considered completely undemocratic and serves to maintain Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's power in themiddle of the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine. Russian authorities, on the other hand, threatened to prosecute protest participants in advance; They claimed that the action showed “signs of extremist activity.