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Newshour: 15/03/2024 14:06 GMT: Polls open in Russia’s presidential election

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Polls open in Russia’s presidential election

15/03/2024 14:06 GMT

15/03/2024 14:06 GMT: Polls open in Russia’s presidential election

BBC World Service - Newshour, Polls open in Russia’s presidential election

With Putin’s main opponents disqualified, few are in doubt of the eventual result

With Putin’s main opponents disqualified, few are in doubt of the eventual result.

Polls open in Russia’s presidential election, but few are in doubt about the eventual result, with Vladimir Putin certain to win another six year term. Any serious challengers to the President, including anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin, have already been disqualified from the ballot.

Also on the programme: we investigate what many are calling an epidemic of suicide among young Americans; and UNESCO recognition for Berlin's techno scene -- overdue or the kiss of death for the city's clubs?

(Picture: A woman walks to cast her ballot in Rostov-on-Don March 15, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov)

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