[HIGHLIGHTS] Russian presidential election: why opponents of Vladimir Putin are called to vote at noon precisely

Russian presidential election: why opponents of Vladimir Putin are called to vote at noon precisely. An initiative of Yulia Navalnaïa, the widow of the late opponent Alexeï Navalny.

But the government is trying to find solutions to avoid gatherings. 63 million people have already gone to the polling stations despite this deleterious climate. The government is mainly waiting for what can happen in Moscow or Saint Petersburg, the country's megacities which bring together around 20 million people. The difficulty for those in power will be to recognize who comes to protest and who comes simply to vote.