Putin Votes Online in Presidential Election, Avoiding His Public
- President is shown voting by computer in Kremlin video Friday
- Putin is expected to get a landslide in election ending Sunday
In a photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin votes online in the presidential election on March 15.
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Vladimir Putin voted online in Russia’s presidential election that’s set to give him a fifth term in power to extend his almost quarter-century rule.
Putin avoided the traditional visit to a polling station that he’s made in past presidential elections and was shown voting via computer in a video posted late Friday by the Kremlin. He waved to a camera recording the scene but said nothing.