As the Russian Central Election Commission rounds up accepting submissions from candidates, banners and digital displays pop up in Moscow advertising the upcoming vote. Nurse Tatiana Alfyorova believes that "many will vote" for Russian president Vladimir Putin, while Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin, who submitted his support petitions to be cleared by the electoral body to run for president, is "is a complete outsider, because he has no program." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES