Putin set for election coronation in vote with no opposition

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 11, 2024 12:06 pm

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine.

In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, Putin has quashed all forms of opposition and dissent, exerting a level of domestic control that ensures the result is in no doubt.

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