Putin's party set to celebrate poll win

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 20, 2021 12:47 am

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin's party was set on Sunday to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin critics were barred from running.

The vote comes in the wake of an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition this year with Russian authorities jailing Putin's best-known domestic foe Alexei Navalny and banning his organizations as 'extremist.'

VICTORY LOOMS Russian President Vladimir Putin votes online on the first day of the three-day parliamentary election at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Sept. 17, 2021. AFP PHOTO

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