President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his grip on power, though thousands of opponents staged a noon protest at polling stations and Western countries said the vote was neither free nor fair.
Here are some key takeaways from the election.
Putin's victory was never in doubt but its scale was new by post-Soviet standards.
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