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Russia election to tighten Putin's grip, opponents stage noon protest

A woman votes with a child in Russia's presidential election at a polling station in Moscow on 17 March 2024. AFP - ALEXANDER NEMENOV

President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power on Sunday in a Russian election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though some opponents staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations against his rule.

Vladimir Putin, who rose to power in 1999, is poised to win a new six-year term that, if he completes it, would enable him to overtake Josef Stalin and become Russia's longest-serving leader for more than 200 years.

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