BBC News: Russians vote in general election  

An election of superlatives: 11 time zones, 107 million voters, 95.000 voting stations, 300 international observers, 450.000 policeman ‘guarding’ the elections, eleven parties to choose from and one clear winner already - Putin.

Russia’s power elites and oligarch have the country firm in their grip. There is no free press, there is no choice and there is no democratic exchange.

A sad day for Democracy!