Voting has begun in earnest in Russia's parliamentary election, dominated by President Vladimir Putin's supporters.
Far Eastern regions were the first to vote in a country spanning 11 time zones.
The last parliamentary elections in 2011 were followed by mass protests as evidence of ballot box fraud
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