Putin Wins Election with No Effective Opposition
Voice of America
Russian presidential candidate and incumbent President Vladimir Putin speaks at his election campaign headquarters, after polling stations closed on the final day of the presidential election in Moscow, Russia, March 17, 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated winning a new six-year term after an election that gave voters no real alternatives due to the intimidation or jailing of most potential opponents.
French firefighters and rescue forces stand near the entrance of the Russian consulate in Marseille after the consul general confirmed there had been an explosion, in Marseille, France, Feb. 24, 2025.
Hassan al-Daghim, spokesperson for the preparatory committee for Syria's national dialogue conference, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Damascus, Feb. 21, 2025.
FILE - A barge is loaded with imported grain at the port in Nantong, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on Feb. 16, 2025.
This Jan. 10, 2025, photo provided by Pakistan Airports Authority on Feb. 21, 2025, shows security forces officials outside the newly constructed Gwadar airport, in Pakistan.
FILE - German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz speaks at the the beginning of a debate about migration at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025.
Philippines' Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, rght, and Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani leave following a joint press briefing held after their bilateral meeting at a hotel in Manila on Feb. 24, 2025.
Members of the Departmental Law Enforcement Units secure an area after civilians and members of the National Police clashed with gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 23, 2025.
FILE - A handout picture released by Syria's transitional government shows the country's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the presidential palace in Damascus, Jan. 16, 2025.
FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a high-level Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Sept. 20, 2023, at United Nations headquarters.
FILE - Young men use their mobile phones in Naypyidaw on March 16, 2021, as Myanmar military authorities ordered telecommunication companies to restrict services on their mobile data networks.
FILE - Sudan's army soldiers celebrate the army's liberation of an oil refinery, in North Bahri, Sudan, Jan. 25, 2025.
A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine enters the Sports City Stadium during a funeral procession in Beirut, Feb. 23, 2025. A boy holds a flower during the funeral procession of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine, in Beirut, Feb. 23, 2025. A woman gives a military salute as a trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd in Beirut, Feb. 23, 2025.
This photo provided by Woven by Toyota shows the square at the center of the apartment complexes of Woven City in Susono city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Feb. 2025. This photo provided by Woven by Toyota shows the square at the center of the apartment complexes of Woven City in Susono city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Feb. 2025. This photo provided by Woven by Toyota shows the sign of Toyota Woven City in Susono city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Feb. 2025. Reporters see one of the underground passageways that connect all the buildings in Toyota’s Woven City, Japan, Feb. 22, 2025. Toyota executives in charge of Woven City, from left to right, Woven by Toyota CFO Kenta Kon, CEO Hajime Kumabe and Head of Woven City Management Daisuke Toyoda speak to reporters about the first phase construction of the project in Susono, Feb. 22, 2025.