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Hundreds line up at Russia’s embassy in Brussels to vote against Putin
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Some 400 to 500 people queued at the Russian embassy in Brussels on Sunday to vote in Russia’s presidential election, most of them participating in the “Noon Against Putin” protest action called by opposition groups.
While President Vladimir Putin is certain to win the vote, Russians in the capital of the EU were doing their part to show their distaste for the leader who has spent years cracking down on all forms of dissent against his rule.
The “Noon Against Putin” initiative, supported by virtually all Russian opposition groups as well as the late Alexei Navalny, encouraged voters to go to polling stations, whether in Russia or abroad, at noon on Sunday and vote for any of the non-Putin candidates or spoil the ballot.
Putin, first elected president in 2000, has spent the better part of two decades clamping down on opposition and tightening his grip over Russian society.
“The ‘Noon Against Putin’ is a good way of protesting,” said Sergey, a Russian political analyst, while he waited to cast his vote.
In a situation where people no longer believe anything or anyone and are at the lowest point of disillusionment in decades, this is a big deal,” Sergey said.
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