Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia, officials said, on the second day of elections.
Putin has been in power in Russia since the last day of 1999 and is set to extend his grip over the country until 2030.
Fresh bombardments prompted authorities to close schools and shopping centres in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, undermining the Kremlin’s efforts to isolate Russians from its conflict in its neighbour – particularly during the highly touted elections. In a separate post, Gladkov announced that schools and shopping centres in the city of Belgorod and some surrounding districts would close temporarily over the coming days, the second time this month.
“Can you imagine how many people died? And now our border villages are suffering. We worry for them,” she said. He is running unchallenged, having barred two candidates who opposed the conflict in Ukraine, and around one month after his main opponent, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison in unexplained circumstances.