Top News 2024 Russia 2024. The voting took place in conditions of extreme repression against society, making it impossible to make a free. Russia’s drone and rocket attacks have disrupted electricity, energy, heating and water supplies, and the full scale war is about to enter its third winter.

It is the first presidential election in russia when polls will be open for. The summit, which leaders from two dozen nations will attend, is the largest event russia has hosted in years and a signal to the west amid the war in ukraine, analysts say.