Russia paid to charter flights for pro-regime foreigners, described as election observers, to whitewash a vote organized by President Vladimir Putin which could allow him to remain in power up to the age of 84.
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A woman wearing a face mask and gloves - a measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease - walks to cast her ballot in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms at a polling station in Moscow on July 1, 2020.
