(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived at polling station on Sunday morning to cast his ballot in the country's presidential election.<br/> <br />He is expected to win the poll and reclaim the seat he held from 2000-2008.<br/> <br />The 59-year-old remains Russia's most popular politician, despite widespread protests against him.<br/> <br />The opposition brands his United Russia party a collection of "swindlers and thieves", and tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to call for an end to his rule.<br/> <br />But a recent poll by the Levada Centre, a public research firm, has suggested that Putin will win the election with 63-66 percent of the vote.
