In Pictures: Voting Across Russia
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Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny shakes hands with his daughter Daria as he votes at a polling station during the Moscow city council elections on September 8. The elections have drawn fierce protests after several opposition candidates allied with Navalny were barred from standing.
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Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol leaves a polling booth prior to casting her vote in Moscow.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin casts his vote at a polling station in Moscow.
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Grigory Melkonyants (left), head of the Golos election-monitoring group, and Aleksei Venediktov, editor in chief of Ekho Moskvy radio station, at the election-monitoring headquarters for the 2019 Moscow city council elections.
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A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Moscow.
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Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol (center) after casting her vote in Moscow. Sobol, a close ally of Navalny, was barred from running by authorities due to alleged irregularities in her application for candidacy.
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Navalny takes a photo with two women after voting on September 8.
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A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station in Moscow.
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Voters study a candidate information board at a polling station in Moscow.
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An elderly couple arrives to vote at a polling station during local and regional elections, in St. Petersburg.
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A man comes out of a polling booth in St. Petersburg.
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A polling station in Tatarstan