Russians go to polls in test for Putin allies

Elections for municipal councils and regional governors took place across the country, but most attention was focused on Moscow, where tens of thousands took to the streets this summer after potential opposition candidates were barred from the vote.

Mr Navalny's allies were excluded from the election over alleged irregularities so he has put forward a "Smart Voting" plan. "Moscow is against this hideousness," Ms Prokhorova said at a polling station in the city's southwest. "I still can't get over it." Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer for Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund who was barred from running, said today's vote showed authorities had given up pretending that elections in Russia were democratic.

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