Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin is seen at a polling station during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. Yuri Kadobnov/POOL via Reuters
Members of a local Cossack community dance outside a polling station during the presidential election in Rostov-on-Don, Russia March 18, 2018.
Player of the Russian national soccer team Daler Kuzyayev signs autographs as he visits a polling station during the presidential election at the Novogorsk training centre outside Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
A man stands in front of a screen showing a live broadcast from polling stations during the presidential election, at the headquarters of Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
Members of an election commission carry documents and a mobile ballot box while collecting votes from local residents during the presidential election near a settlement in Smolensk Region, Russia March 18, 2018.
Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally and concert marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region, at Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili .
People wave Russian flags during a rally and concert marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region, at Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment visit a polling station to cast their votes during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
People attend a rally and concert marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region, at Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
A voter casts her ballot inside a building of the Kazansky railway terminal during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak attend a debate at the "Navalny Live" YouTube show in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
A child plays with a balloon near voting booths inside a building of the Kazansky railway terminal during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
People attend a rally and concert marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region, at Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.
Voters look through a broadsheet with information about the candidates at a polling station during the presidential election in a settlement in Stavropol Region, Russia March 18, 2018.
Putin extends rule after landslide win
Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory.Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory.