Russian presidential vote begins
(VOVWORLD) - Russian citizens living in Moscow began casting ballots to vote for the next president at 8:00 am local time on Sunday.
 Russian voters cast their ballots to elect a new president on March 18, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)
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Russia's Central Election Commission said about 110 million citizens, including nearly 1.9 million overseas Russian have the right to vote. There are about 97,000 polling stations.
Voting will conclude at 8 pm the same day in Kaliningrad, Russia's westernmost region. Russia is the largest country in the world and stretches across 11 time zones.