Polls open in Moscow in Russian presidential election

A woman casts her ballot as other people line up to get their ballots at a polling station in the Russian Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok, Russia, Sunday, March 18, 2018. Polls have opened in Russia’s Far East regions for the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin is seeking a fourth term in the Kremlin. (AP)

MOSCOW: Voting opened Sunday in Moscow in Russia’s presidential election, with President Vladimir Putin set to secure a historic fourth Kremlin term amid escalating tensions with Britain and its allies over a spy poisoning.
Polling stations opened in the far east of the vast country at 2000 GMT Saturday and will close in Kaliningrad, Russia’s enclave on the EU border, at 1800 GMT on Sunday.