Russian presidential elections started this Friday in Russia with widespread distrust in the West about the reliability of the result. The elections, without real opposition, without international observers and with the opaque electronic voting system, will perpetuate Vladimir Putin in power at least until 2030.

The voting process, which will last until this Sunday, has with 4.7 million potential online voters, of which two million are estimated to have already deposited their electronic ballot. One of the biggest disruptions of the day was recorded in Belgorod, just 80 kilometers from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.