{"id":142857,"date":"2024-03-15T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/protesters-spoil-ballots-in-defiance-of-president-putin-as-polls-open-in-russias-election\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:00:22","slug":"protesters-spoil-ballots-in-defiance-of-president-putin-as-polls-open-in-russias-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/protesters-spoil-ballots-in-defiance-of-president-putin-as-polls-open-in-russias-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters spoil ballots in defiance of President Putin as polls open in Russia&#8217;s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zf_9kATTBCY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters spoil ballots in defiance of President Putin as polls open in Russia's election\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zf_9kATTBCY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The European Council President has congratulated Vladimir Putin on his landslide victory, as voting gets underway in Russia&#8217;s presidential elections. Polling stations will be open throughout the weekend, but it\u2019s already clear who the winner will be. Vladimir Putin has no meaningful competition &#8211; with candidates opposed to the war in Ukraine kept off the ballot, and his opponents either jailed, in exile or dead.<br \/>\n(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>A few people angry at that lack of choice found ways to make their views known. One woman threw a Molotov cocktail at a polling station in Saint Petersburg. Others poured coloured liquid into ballot boxes &#8211; an apparent reference to the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who once had green disinfectant thrown in his face. <\/p>\n<p>Faced with the unenviable choice of backing Putin or taking the risk of speaking out against him, many Russians are opting out of the political process entirely.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Council President has congratulated Vladimir Putin on his landslide victory, as voting gets underway in Russia&#8217;s presidential elections. Polling stations will be open throughout the weekend, but it\u2019s already clear who the winner will be. 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