Russian presidential election 2018

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MARCH 18: Presidential candidate from the Grazhdanskaya Initsiativa [Civic Initiative] Party, Ksenia Sobchak casts her ballot at a polling station during Russian presidential election in Moscow, Russia on March 18, 2018. Nearly 11 million voters are expected to choose a president from among eight candidates. Some 2 million Russians will cast their votes abroad. According to early polls, acting President Vladimir Putin is a front runner with 69 percent citizens willing to vote for him. Pavel Grudinin from Communist Party of Russian Federation is following Putin with a breakaway gap. 7.1 percent voters said they will support him. Vladimir Zhirinovsky from Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia also made it to the top three with 5.6 percent of votes.Voting will end on Monday at 2.00 a.m. Moscow time (2300GMT).Putin is running for presidency for the fourth time. (Footage by Artur Kun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)