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Russians in Moscow begin voting in a three-day parliamentary election in which vocal Kremlin critics have been barred from running following a historic crackdown on the opposition. IMAGES
Russians are at the polls to elect seats in the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament. The election, which runs until Sunday, comes after a sweeping crackdown this year on President Vladimir Putin's opponents. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's "Smart Voting" bot has disappeared from the Telegram messenger app following similar moves by Apple and Google on Friday at the start of the three-day parliamentary vote. IMAGES
Polling stations open across Rwanda for presidential and parliamentary elections with the African nation's leader Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years. Nine million Rwandans will cast their ballots across 2,433 polling stations. IMAGES
South Koreans start casting their ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign. IMAGES
Kuwaitis queue outside a polling station in Kuwait City as polls for the parliamentary elections open. More than 793,000 eligible voters will have the chance to determine the make-up of the 50-seat legislature in the only Gulf Arab state to have an elected parliament with powers to hold government to account. IMAGES
Images show staff at a polling station in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana emptying voting boxes and starting the count of the ballots cast by residents during snap parliamentary elections. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the early vote as part of a "modernisation" drive introduced after protests against fuel prices erupted in January last year. Tokayev's critics say the drive is designed to consolidate power. IMAGES
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