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Putin wins election with no effective opposition

President Vladimir Putin speaks at his election campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia, March 17, 2024. [Reuters]

Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated winning a new six-year term after an election that gave voters no real alternatives due to the intimidation or jailing of most potential opponents.

Putin told supporters that he considered the election democratic and dismissed those who protested the vote.

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