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Maria Butina is a member of the state Duma for President Putin's United Russia party. She's well placed to compare Russia's version of democracy with that practiced in western countries. She used to live in the United States and in 2018 was convicted of acting as an 'unregistered foreign agent' of Russia. But after five months in prison she was released in a prisoner swap with Russia. Newshour's Julian Marshall spoke to Ms Butina as she was on her way to cast her vote in Moscow. So who will she be voting for?

(Photo: RT presenter Maria Butina speaks with journalists as 'World of Tanks' online game co-creator Vyacheslav Makarov launches his political party - the Direct Democracy Party - in Moscow on 5 March 2020. Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/ AFP via Getty Images)