!['ALTERNATIVE]('http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3882363.1521396747!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/afp-12q7se.jpg')
Putin, seen casting his vote Sunday, is projected to have won nearly 74% of the vote.
(YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)!['Putin]('http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3882362.1521396745!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/russia-presidential-election.jpg')
Putin ran against seven candidates, at least one of whom was accused of running to help the Kremlin discredit the opposition.
(Pavel Golovkin/AP)!['POOL]('http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3882364.1521396748!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/russia-putin.jpg')
Putin has been in power as either president or prime minister of Russia since 1999.
(Alexei Druzhinin/AP)Kaynak:Nydailynews