Polls close in Moscow in closely watched local elections seen as a popularity test for the ruling United Russia party
Russia's President Vladimir Putin signs a document while sitting in front of members of a local electoral commission at a polling station during the Moscow city parliament election in Moscow, Russia September 8, 2019.
Protests erupted in mid-July after the Central Election Commission refused to register a large numbers of opposition-minded candidates, saying they had failed to collect enough signatures from genuine backers - a response that President Vladimir Putin endorsed on Sunday after casting his ballot. Local or regional elections took place across all of Russia's 11 time zones on Sunday. But the main focus was on Moscow after this summer's demonstrations there turned into the biggest sustained protest movement in Russia since 2011-2013.
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