In Photos: Russians Voters Going to the Polls

Cadets of the Nakhimov naval academy peruse their options before voting at Sevastopol.
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A man casts his ballot at his house in the village of Buyanovo, near the border with Belarus.
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A member of a local electoral commission leaves a villager’s house after collecting votes in Kutkovo, west Russia.
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