An election committee officials prepares a polling station in the village of Olsha some 30 km outside Smolensk, on March 3, 2012, while preparing for the upcoming voting. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

An election official adjusts a ballot box at a polling station in the village of Olsha some 30 km outside Smolensk, on March 3, 2012, while preparing for the upcoming voting. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

With the two voting booths rising in the foreground a musician (C) plays the organ at an organ hall used as a polling station in Moscow, on March 2, 2012. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

An election official adds curtains to a polling booth at a polling station in Moscow, on March 2, 2012. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

A cleaner scrubs the floor next a ballot box at a polling station in Moscow, on March 2, 2012, while preparing for the upcoming voting. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

An election official adjusts curtains to a polling booth at a polling station in Moscow, on March 2, 2012. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

An election official adjusts a ballot box at a polling station in Moscow, on March 2, 2012, while preparing for the upcoming voting. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY OLGA NEDBAEVA An image grab taken on March 2, 2012, from a YouTube clip titled "Russia Without Putin. Welcome to Hell" shows a partly seen image of Putin with a sign reading : "Russia Without Putin?" The pro-Putin clip describes Russia's slide into anarchy without the Russian strongman. AFP PHOTO/YOUTUBE == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / YOUTUBE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - AFP IS USING PICTURES FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES AS IT WAS NOT AUTHORISED TO COVER THIS EVENT, THEREFORE IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIGITAL ALTERATIONS TO THE PICTURE'S EDITORIAL CONTENT, DATE AND LOCATION WHICH CANNOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED ==

A campaign portait of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with a slogan "For Putin! And That's It!" is hung on a building in central Moscow, on March 2, 2012, two days before presidential elections in Russia. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NEMENOV

Girls walk on March 2, 2012 past a campaign billboard for current Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin reading : "The Great Country - a worthy future!" in Smolenks, some 480 km outside Moscow. Russia on March 4 votes in presidential elections expected to send Vladimir Putin back to the Kremlin after his four year stint as prime minister. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Activists from the Network of Putin Supporters group and pro-Kremlin youth movements give out flowers to subway passengers at the Pushkinskaya metro station in Moscow, on March 1, 2012, in an action they said was aimed at marking the beginning of spring. The heart-shaped placard reads: "Flowers instead of rallies!" Despite the opposition protests, Russia's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin is still widely expected to easily win the election, with the main intrigue focused on whether he will be able to win over 50 percent on March 4 and avoid a second round. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

Activists from the Network of Putin Supporters group and pro-Kremlin youth movements give out flowers to subway passengers at the Pushkinskaya metro station in Moscow, on March 1, 2012, in an action they said was aimed at marking the beginning of spring. Despite the opposition protests, Russia's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin is still widely expected to easily win the election, with the main intrigue focused on whether he will be able to win over 50 percent on March 4 and avoid a second round. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV