Russian presidential election: Voting in capital Moscow and other locations. There are four candidates running in the Russian presidential election, including President Putin.
President Putin appears to want to win with an overwhelming majority of votes. Russia is also pushing ahead with what it calls elections in Crimea and four eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, including Donetsk, which it unilaterally declared annexed through military invasion. Russia presses election campaign in areas aiming to turn control into a fait accompli.. A 47-year-old man living in Kiviv criticized this election as nothing more than a ritual to re-elect President Putin, saying there is no choice.