Russia’s countryside and smaller cities have long been fertile ground for President Vladimir V. Putin and his message of restoring bygone greatness, but even here, there are limits.
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An elderly man walks past a campaign billboard of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading "For the Strong Russia! Vladimir Putin" in Moscow on March 7, 2018.Russians will vote at March 18 presidential election that Vladimir Putin is almost guaranteed to win.
