This pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik shows Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his year-end press conference. Photo: AFP / Alexander Kazakov
Exit polls show Vladimir Putin winning a huge majority of votes in the Russian presidential election.
It will be his fifth term as the leader of the country, and the biggest share of the vote he has ever claimed.
Jim Heintz is a Russia correspondent for Associated Press.
He spent 24 years in Moscow before relocating to Estonia in 2023.
