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The Kremlin Has Put Lots of Veterans on the Ballot. Could It Backfire?

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By: Valerie Hopkins
19 September 2026 at 09:02
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has said veterans are the “new elite,” but selecting them as candidates is a risk.

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Konstantin N. Rizhak, third from right, this month in Moscow. He fought in Ukraine from October 2022 until July 2023 and is a candidate for the nationalist, socially conservative A Just Russia Party.

Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants

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By: Ivan Nechepurenko
18 September 2026 at 13:47
Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.

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Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesA digital screen featuring candidates from the United Russia party in Moscow this week. Russians began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections.
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