In Photos: Russians Voters Going to the Polls

In poll position? Vladimir Putin exits the voting booth after casting his own vote in Moscow.
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images

Men held in a pretrial detention centre wait for their opportunity to vote.
Photograph: Sergei Krasnoukhov/Tass

A child helps to put his mother’s ballot paper into the box.
Photograph: Maxim Grigoryev/Tass