Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This,
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For struggling families. the treasury has rejected that approach, arguing it would reduce much needed investment in energy production. but even some of rishi sunak s own mps are saying privately he will have to expend more economic and political energy himself to tackle the current crisis. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. we will be going back to all the latest news in a moment. let s pause for a moment and get all the sport now, with louisa. thanks. a host of nations around the world are hoping to take a step towards the world cup finals in qatar. wales gareth bale has declared himself fit for the play off semifinal with austria later in their path a group. bale dropped out of the real madrid squad for sunday s el clasico against barcelona with what was described as a little niggle . wales haven t qualified for a world cup since 1958 and bale is determined to change that.