Russia election: Polling booth set on fire on voting day
Russian officials say several people have been arrested for vandalism on the first day of voting in the presidential election.
Videos shared online show a petrol bomb being thrown at a polling station, and elsewhere a woman can be seen setting alight to a polling booth.
Vladimir Putin is certain to win six more years in office after the vote.
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