Vladimir Putin condemned after landslide win in sham election gives him six more years in power

Different potential opponents have been jailed or exiled and unbiased monitoring of the election is extraordinarily restricted.

Navalny’s associates urged these sad with Putin or the conflict to protest by coming to the polls at midday on Sunday — and contours exterior various polling stations each inside Russia and at its embassies around the globe appeared to swell at the moment.

Amongst these heeding name was his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, who joined a protracted line on the Russian Embassy in Berlin as some within the crowd applauded and chanted her title.

She spent greater than 5 hours within the line and informed reporters after casting her vote she wrote her late husband’s title on the poll.

Requested whether or not she had a message for Putin, Navalnaya replied: “Please cease asking for messages from me or from any individual for Mr. Putin. There may very well be no negotiations and nothing with Mr. Putin, as a result of he is a killer, he is a gangster.”