http://www.euronews.net/ It is the last day of campaigning before Russia’s presidential election.

The Communists are competing as is Russia’s third-richest man. But among the five candidates, there is little doubt over who will be victorious.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is all but certain to return to the Kremlin. He looks set to swap jobs with the man currently in the hot seat.

Urging Russians to vote, President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to put a positive spin on recent anti-Putin protests.

The “climate of high civic activity,” he said, showed that “Russian society has become more mature and that it clearly articulates its demands to the government.”

On the streets of Moscow, two days before polling, some are hopeful of change. Others expect little.

“We are hoping for a better deal for pensioners, jobs for the young and that everything generally will be good,” said senior citizen Vladimir Ivanovich.

“I am not a pessimist or an optimist. I am a realist and I am not expecting any serious changes,” added a fellow Muscovite, who gave his name as Alexei.

Putin is confident he will lead Russia for the next six years. He says he has not yet decided if he would like to stay in power for a subsequent term until 2024.

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Cheap solar is booming, but will it ruin farmland?

It doesn’t have to be a trade-off. German inventors have created a “double harvest” system: crops AND solar energy on the same land.

Watch #MadeInEurope tonight at 20.30 CET on Euronews.

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Italian company Favini is taking the pressure off forests with its eco-friendly paper.

This week’s episode of #MadeInEurope walks through how they use coffee beans and other agricultural waste to make paper.

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Repeated displacement has forced dozens of Palestinian families from eastern Khan Younis to seek refuge in Bilal Mosque, where about 50 families are now sheltering.

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Britain’s plan to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union next week will not be delayed by the terrorist attack on Westminster, a spokesman for the prime minister has said.

Theresa May has said she intends to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29.

Wednesday’s events, which saw a policeman stabbed to death in Parliament’s grounds and innocent civilians mown down outside, pushed matters like Brexit to the back of people’s minds.

Nevertheless there are questions over…
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