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They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running?

✇NYT - World
By: Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne
The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.
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Russia Warns New U.S. Sanctions Law Would Harm Trump’s Peace Efforts

✇NYT - World
By: Paul Sonne
President Trump signed the legislation, named for Senator Lindsey Graham, at the White House, but he has broad leeway to waive its requirements.

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President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage last year. The new law orders the U.S. administration to execute sanctions against Russia that are already in place, including those against Mr. Putin.
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Kremlin Moves to Seize Control of Nestlé’s Russia Operations

✇NYT - Business
By: Jenny Gross and Paul Sonne
The Swiss maker of KitKats and Nescafé said it was assessing the situation after the Kremlin issued a presidential decree.

© Maxim Shipenkov/EPA, via Shutterstock

A poster for the pet food brand Purina Pro Plan on a factory of Nestlé’s in Russia in 2022. Nestlé scaled back some of its operations in Russia after the country invaded Ukraine.
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Why Autocrats Care What People Think

✇NYT - World
By: Paul Sonne
Russia is staging an election that matters to almost no one — except President Vladimir V. Putin and his inner circle.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
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