Polls open for Russian Presidential election, projected turnout at 71%
Polls open in Russia for the presidential elections, which will extend for three days, marking the first election since the reforms of 2020. | Polling stations have opened across Russia for the 2024 presidential election, with President Vladimir Putin contending against three opponents. ● The voting will span three days until Sunday, and this will mark the first Russian presidential election since the 2020 constitutional reform. The reform had imposed a limit of two terms for any president. This also nullified Putin's former terms, enabling him to run again. ● In this election, four candidates vie for the six-year presidential term. Putin, running independently, competes against Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Nikolay Kharitonov of the Communist Party, and Vladislav Davankov representing the New People party.
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