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Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections

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.

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

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.

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Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.

Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election β€˜Disaster’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Sunday after his center-right party finished behind far-right and far-left parties in state elections in the east.

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β€œWhat needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Sunday.

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

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has said veterans are the β€œnew 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 Autocrats Care What People Think

Russia is staging an election that matters to almost no one β€” except President Vladimir V. Putin and his inner circle.

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

Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns

The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

Β© Brian Stauffer

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

Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government as a source of legitimacy.

Β© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

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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