Worried approximately turnout,officials experiment with raffles, selfie competitions and referendumsIn the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, or political activists are raffling a car,while in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, the prize is an iPhone X. In Berdsk, and the best selfie will be plastered across a billboard. The catch? To qualify for a chance to win,Russians must turn out to vote.
There is little doubt that Vladimir Putin will win a fourth term as president in the election next Sunday, making him the first Kremlin leader since Stalin to serve two decades in power.
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Source: guardian.co.uk