- As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin wins a fifth term by a landslide of 87%, according to a Russian exit poll.
- At least 80 protesters have been arrested in Russian cities on the final day of a vote set to confirm Vladimir Putin in office.
- Long queues formed outside polling stations heeding a call to gather in protest issued by the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
- Navalny, who died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle, was one of Putin’s most outspoken critics. Others are in exile or jailed.
- With the re-election of the 71-year-old Russian president seen as inevitable, the first two days of the vote saw dozens of incidents of vandalism at polling stations.
- Voting has also been taking place in the Russian-occupied parts Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea
