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Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso votes in the first round of the presidential election at the Wenze town polling station. The Republic of Congo is voting in a presidential election which is being boycotted by the main opposition and attacked by critics as tilted towards veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. IMAGES
Congo's Denis Sassou Nguesso extends his 32 years in power, winning presidential elections in the first round with 60 percent of the vote. IMAGES
Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso welcomes Emmanuel Macron at Brazzaville airport as part of an express visit by the French Head of State to the Congo. IMAGES
Images of the Kremlin in Moscow on the last day of polling in a vote on Russian constitutional reforms that could prolong President Vladimir Putin's hold on power. Putin became prime minister in 1999 under Boris Yeltsin before being elected president in 2000. He served the maximum two consecutive terms between 2000 and 2008 before a four-year stint as prime minister. He returned to the Kremlin in 2012 for a newly expanded six-year mandate and was re-elected in 2018. IMAGES
Russians go to the polls in Moscow in a nationwide ballot on constitutional reforms that could see President Vladimir Putin remain in power until 2036. Election officials say they are opening polls ahead of the official July 1 vote to avoid overcrowding that could spread coronavirus infections. IMAGES