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Retired NATO general Petr Pavel votes in the Czech presidential election run-off in which he is expected to beat billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. The victor will replace Milos Zeman, an outspoken and divisive politician who nursed close ties with Moscow before making a U-turn when Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Former paratrooper Pavel topped final opinion polls with 58-59 percent support, compared with 41-42 percent for Babis. IMAGES
Retired Czech army general and candidate in the 2023 presedential election, Petr Pavel, votes in the village of Cernoucek as the polling stations have just opened for the election's first round. Pavel, 61, served as the chief of the Czech general staff and chair of NATO's military committee and is a former paratrooper decorated as a hero of the Serbo-Croatian war. He is facing a billionaire and an academic in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
Russians vote in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term, as the country is embroiled in a crisis with Britain and its allies over the poisoning of a former spy. IMAGES of opposition candidate Ksenia Sobchak voting
Russians vote Sunday in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term, as the country is embroiled in a crisis with Britain and its allies over a spy poisoning. IMAGES of the head of the Communist party Gennady Zyuganov voting
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