MOSCOW — Critics call Russia’s online voting system a “black box” and an “absolute evil.” President Vladimir Putin says it’s the way of the future and, like progress, “cannot be stopped.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin votes online on the first day of the three-day parliamentary election at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Sept. 17, 2021.