Women check their ballot papers before voting at a polling station in the Southern Russian city of Stavropol...
Women check their ballot papers before voting at a polling station in the Southern Russian city of Stavropol March 13, 2011. Russians from the Bering Strait to the Baltic voted in regional elections on Sunday, the last big test for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling party before December parliamentary polls and a presidential vote next March. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)