Putin is also calling for a vote for Russia in annexed areas of Ukraine. Putin will still secure his fifth term in office - this is already considered certain.
The sham votes in the occupied territories are considered to be contrary to international law and are therefore not internationally recognized. The voting there has already begun and is causing disruption because images show Ukrainian people being pressured to vote, sometimes in the presence of heavily armed Russian soldiers. But the vote is a farce not only in the annexed territories. Even on Russian territory, democratic standards are being violated so severely that there can be no question of free elections.