Welcome back to our continued live coverage of the Russian election, as predictably Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory after a three-day vote widely condemned by Western nations as a “pseudo-election”.

Late on Sunday, the Kremlin announced that the Russian leader had cemented another six-year term after securing 87% of the vote.

However, no credible opposition candidate was allowed to stand by the Kremlin and Putin’s most outspoken critics are either dead, in jail or in exile.

Putin has ruled Russia since 2000 and is the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Yesterday, supporters of dead Putin critic Alexei Navalny did stage symbolic protests.

Their “Noon against Putin” initiative meant that long queues of voters turned out in Russian cities including Moscow and St Petersburg and outside many embassies abroad

Russia’s three-day election period saw Vladimir Putin claim his fifth term in office, in a process described as neither free nor fair by those observing it from afar.

Votes were cast across 11 different time zones between Friday and Sunday, but on the ballot there was no credible opponent to the incumbent leader. Before we wrap up our live coverage, let’s take a look at some of today’s key moments: