Russian voters promised a photograph with Tucker Carlson

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Russia’s presidential vote kicked off on Friday with the expected pomp — and unexpected acts of protest. 

After more than two decades in power, Vladimir Putin will be seeking an overwhelming victory to buttress his claim that Russians massively back him and his war in Ukraine.

Rather than an exercise in democracy, the three-day vote, which culminates on Sunday, is above all a test of loyalty for Russia’s state apparatus. 

Across the country, tens of thousands of officials face the daunting task of luring a largely apathetic electorate to polling stations.

Then there’s the additional challenge of dealing with the unorthodox protest endorsed by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The campaign, “At noon against Putin,” is effectively an effort to troll Putin by asking Russians to show up to the polls at noon on Sunday.

In the Siberian city of Tyumen, one polling station promised voters the chance to pose for a photograph with the American polemicist Tucker Carlson.

A cardboard cutout, to be exact. In the same city, Barbie and her daughter also dropped by.

Elsewhere, two Putins cast their votes.

In Siberia’s Chita, a young man by the name of Yegor Putin told media he would be voting for “my candidate,” though declining to specify who.

And in Nizhnevartovsk in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, a couple brought in their newborn Vladimir Putin, vowing to “vote for our children’s future.” 

 

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Sources report Papa Joe wishes Tucker all the best