Kremlin wants to celebrate Putin as the landslide election winner. Putin does not rule out comprehensive conflict with NATO.
Dissenters who criticize Putin's war against Ukraine or criticize the power apparatus are politically persecuted. At least 85 people were arrested on the last day of the election, according to civil rights activists. They took part in a silent resistance action: at exactly 12 local time, they gathered in front of their respective cities under the motto “Lunch against Putin’s regime”