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Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday on the last day of a presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin in a vote that offered them no real alternatives after he ruthlessly cracked down on dissent.

Kremlin critics called for massive protests at Russian polling stations on Sunday for the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule.

Russia began three days of voting Friday in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for six more years after he stifled dissent.

The Kremlin accuses the U.S. of covert influence campaign, denied by U.S., amid escalating tensions and strained relations.

The Russian presidential election seems a well-orchestrated drama

Russians begin voting in a three-day election that is almost certain to hand the president six more years.

A satin leopard headscarf framing her face, 23-year-old Russian ballerina Nadezhda walked away from the electronic booth after voting for the first time, but without much enthusiasm.

President Vladimir Putin faces just three rivals in Russia's March 15-17 presidential election after anti-war candidates were barred from running. But Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov do not pose much of a challenge for the Russian leader, who is all but guaranteed to secure another six-year term.

Longtime Russian leader faces no meaningful opposition after death in Arctic penal colony of Alexei Navalny