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A woman demonstrates in Paris against the Russian sham election.
The white-blue-white flag (left) is a symbol of the Russian opposition and has been used since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Photo: Sarah Meyssonnier / REUTERS
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In Berlin, members of the “Democracy – Yes” alliance demonstrate against repression in Putin’s Russia.
The rally comes a month after the death of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
Photo: Carsten Koall / dpa
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A girl paints on the street in front of the Russian embassy in Montenegro.
People are already lining up there to cast their votes.
Photo: Stevo Vasiljevic / REUTERS
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People are also waiting to fill out their ballot in front of the Russian embassy in Copenhagen.
In Russia, Vladimir Putin wants to be elected president for another six years, although the freedom of choice is highly doubted.
Photo: Emil Nicolai Helms / AFP
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There is still no street in Germany officially named after Navalny.
But in Berlin, protesters have already prepared a corresponding sign.
It's in front of the Russian embassy.
Photo: Hannibal Hanschke / EPA
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Demonstrators put a Russian ballot through the shredder.
Photo: Tobias Schwarz / AFP
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Russian citizens are also waiting to cast their votes in Istanbul.
Photo: Emrah Gurel / AP
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There were also protests in front of the Russian embassy in London on the last day of the mock election.
Photo: Kevin Coombs / REUTERS
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In the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Russian citizens took to the streets against Putin.
After Putin's attack on Ukraine, many Russians fled to Georgia.
Photo: Vano Shlamov / AFP
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People stand in front of the Russian embassy in Yerevan, Armenia.
Photo: Hayk Baghdasaryan / REUTERS
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The Russian embassy in Milan: people want to cast their vote here too.
It is certain that Putin will remain president.
Photo: Marco Ottico / AP
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Russians in Germany can elect their president in two places.
On the one hand in the embassy in Berlin, on the other hand in the Russian Consulate General in Bonn-Bad Godesberg.
In the Schweinheim district, thousands lined up to cast their votes on Sunday.
Putin's opponents and supporters repeatedly engaged in small verbal battles.
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Julija Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin.
She showed up there unexpectedly to cast her vote.
She wrote her late husband's name on the ballot paper.
"It simply cannot be the case that Russia's most important opposition figure is murdered a month before the elections," said Navalnaya.
Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi / AP
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Protest and elections also collide in the USA.
People laid flowers for Navalny in front of the embassy in Washington DC, while voters and Putin opponents stand in the background.
Photo: Roberto Schmidt / AFP
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