Over 50 Russians have been detained amid demonstrations across Russia today as critics of Vladimir Putin head to the polls to protest his regime.

According to media reports up to 51 have been detained across 14 Russian cities today. There are at least 23 detainees in Kazan and ten in Moscow, according to the OVD-Info protest-monitoring group.Long queues formed outside polling stations heeding a call to gather in protest
The call came from the wife of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle
With most outspoken critics in exile, jailed or dead, the re-election of the 71-year-old Russian president is seen as inevitable
The first two days of the vote saw dozens of incidents of vandalism at polling stations, with several people detained across Russia
Voting has also been taking place in the Russian-occupied parts of four Ukrainian reports gions: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk