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Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections

✇NYT - World
By: Valerie Hopkins and Andrew E. Kramer
Ukraine says it used a newly developed ballistic missile in the attacks, which also targeted other parts of Russia.

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Sweeping the courtyard of a residential building hit by what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region, on Sunday.
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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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The Kremlin Has Put Lots of Veterans on the Ballot. Could It Backfire?

✇NYT - World
By: Valerie Hopkins
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has said veterans are the “new elite,” but selecting them as candidates is a risk.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

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.
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