Russia's presidential elections – in pictures

Stavropol: a woman leaves a voting booth Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters

Bishkek: Russian citizens vote in a local theatre in Kyrgyzstan's capital Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

St Petersburg: a Russian police officer sits next to a ballot box at a polling station Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters

Moscow: Putin casts his vote Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features

Moscow: the departing Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, votes on an electronic ballot box Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

Moscow: the Russian presidential candidate Sergei Mironov casts his vote Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features

Moscow: soldiers wait for their turn to vote Photograph: Dmitry Korotayev/Getty Images

Moscow: the presidential candidate and leader of the Liberal Democratic party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, inspects his ballot as he prepares to vote Photograph: Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters

Moscow: Svetlana Pavlova votes at a polling station in the capital Photograph: Harry Engels/AP

Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk oblast: a woman casts her ballot in a mobile ballot box outside her house Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk oblast: electoral officials carry a mobile ballot box as they walk through the village Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Oktyabrskoye, Arkhangelsk oblast: a woman casts her vote in a ballot box brought to her house Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy Kray: a woman casts her vote in a mobile ballot box Photograph: Sergei Karpov/Reuters

Podolsk, Moscow Oblast: people receive their ballot papers at a mobile polling station inside a local shop in the village Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

Rostov-on-Don, Rostovskaya oblast: Russian cossacks leave booths after filling out their ballot papers Photograph: Vladimir Konstantinov/Reuters

Yakutsk, Siberia: a voter leaves a booth Photograph: Reuters