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With Putin’s new coronation, Kremlin cultivates image of leader for life

News analysis: Russian President Vladimir Putin reelection tally suggests that the Kremlin is now less focused on manufacturing a veneer of electoral legitimacy and more on creating a cult of personality around Putin as Russia’s undisputed national patriarch and leader for life.

Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

While the result was never in doubt, Russians heeded a call to protest Putin’s repression and his war in Ukraine by showing up at polling stations at noon on Sunday.

Pakistani airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people

The Afghan Taliban denounced the strikes as an aggression on Afghanistan’s territorial integrity, saying they killed several women and children.

Blinken tells democracy summit that technology must sustain democratic values

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the need to ensure that technology sustain democratic values, speaking at a democracy summit in South Korea.

A man has fallen to his death from a hot-air balloon in Australia

The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early in the morning and was in the air for about 30 minutes before the man fell from the basket.

Russian voters, answering Navalny’s call, protest as Putin extends his rule

On the final day of a presidential election with only one possible result, Russians protested Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian hold on power by forming long lines to vote against him at noon Sunday - answering the call of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and undercutting preliminary results Sunday night that led Putin to claim a landslide victory.

Ukraine launches far-ranging drone attacks on the final day of Russia’s presidential vote

There have been a series of Ukrainian drone raids over the past few days that Putin described as an attempt by Ukraine to frighten residents and derail Russia’s presidential election.

Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest

Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.