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An elderly woman casts a ballot during a presidential election via a mobile election committee, who visit people who cannot physically attend a polling station, in Nikolayevka village outside Siberian city of Omsk, 2236 km (1397 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo)
An elderly woman casts a ballot during a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A woman leaves a booth at a polling station during a presidential election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen stand guard at a pooling station during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Members of an election commission walk after visiting an elderly voter, who cannot physically attend a polling station, in Nikolayevka village outside Siberian city of Omsk, 2236 km (1397 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo)
A woman casts a ballot at a pooling station during a presidential election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A boy looks from a voting booth as his relative fills-in a ballot during a presidential election in Simferopol, Crimea, Saturday, March 16, 2024. People in Moscow-controlled Ukrainian regions are voting in Russia's presidential election, which is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo)
An elderly woman is reflected in a mirror as she casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman casts a ballot at a polling station during a presidential election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Family leave a polling station after voting during a presidential election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A man is reflected in a mirror as he casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A man is reflected in a mirror as he casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A man casts a ballot with his family at a polling station during a presidential election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman casts a ballot at a polling station during a presidential election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A boy looks out from a voting booth as his mother fills a ballot at a polling station located in a school during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024, with a painting depicting the Russian Tsarina Catherine II and her contemporaries on the wall. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A man leaves a voting booth at a polling station located in a school during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024, with a painting depicting the Russian Tsarina Catherine II and her contemporaries on the wall. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A family votes at a polling station located in a school during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024, with a painting depicting the Russian Tsarina Catherine II and her contemporaries on the wall. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People examine a ballot at a polling station located in a school during the presidential elections in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 16, 2024, with a painting depicting the Russian Tsarina Catherine II and her contemporaries on the wall. Voters in Russia are heading to the polls for a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman poses with a frame with the words reading "I've have chosen the president" after voting at a polling station during a presidential election in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Friday, March 15, 2024. People in Moscow-controlled Ukrainian regions are voting in Russia's presidential election, which is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. (AP Photo)