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Vladimir Putin easily won a new six-year term as Russia's president on Sunday.
Should he serve to the end of his fourth term that expires in 2024, he would become the longest-serving leader of Russia since Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, an outspoken critic of Putin, was barred from participating in the election on a fraud conviction many view as politically motivated.
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A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.