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    From Pride To Protest: How Russians Feel About Their Presidential Election

    Ahead of Sunday's presidential election in Russia, NPR spoke with a Putin supporter, an opposition supporter and a Russian who sees no point in voting.
    by Mary Louise Kelly Mar 16, 2018 3 minutes
    In Moscow, Russian voters will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes in the country's presidential election.

    Russians head to the polls Sunday to vote in their presidential election. Vladimir Putin is expected to win handily. He has been in power now for 18 years — 14 as president and four as prime minister — and even he seems a little bored with his candidacy. A campaign speech he gave this week lasted just two minutes, and he didn't even say the word "election."

    The good news for Putin is that none of his seven presidential challengers are polling higher than single

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