Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Sarah Rainsford in Kyiv Voting has been taking place across Russia as Vladimir Putin seeks a fifth term in office.
The re-election of the 71-year-old is seen as inevitable, with most outspoken critics in exile, jailed or dead.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle
His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has called for Russians to protest by forming long queues at polling stations at midday.
The first two days of the vote saw dozens of incidents of vandalism at polling stations, with several people detained across Russia.
Voting has also been taking place in the Russian-occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson,