Russia's 'Generation Putin' votes for first time

Student and first-time voter Vladislava Isaikina,19, leaves a voting booth before casting her vote at a polling station during the presidential election in the town of Elektrogorsk near Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A generation of Russians like 19-year-old Vladislava Isaikina have lived almost their whole lives under Vladimir Putin's rule, and in Sunday's presidential election, they were able to vote for the first time.

Putin first became president just over eighteen years ago, so Sunday's vote was the first time someone born around the time he came to power is qualified to take part. The age limit for voting in nationwide elections in Russia is 18 years of age.