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Putin Meets Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine War

President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump’s envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff.

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In a photo that Russia’s presidential envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, shared on social media, Jared Kushner, center, and Steve Witkoff, left, were greeted by Mr. Dmitriev after arriving in Moscow on Saturday.
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Putin Denies a Draft Is Coming, but Some Russian Men Are Taking No Chances

As the fear of a possible mobilization becomes a fixture of daily life across Russia, many men are deciding whether to flee, hide or sit tight.

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Russian soldiers during military drills in Minsk, Belarus, last year.
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For Russia and Ukraine, an Escalating Spiral With No End in Sight

Each side is using missiles and drones to try to pound the other into giving up, breeding ceaseless human suffering. But there is no sign that either country’s determination will weaken.

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After an attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, late last month.
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Barred From Ballot, a Party Becomes a Vessel for Russians’ Discontent

The spotlight on the country’s only antiwar party has brought a spark to what had looked like another dull, tightly controlled election campaign.

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Nikolai Rybakov during an appeal of his party’s disqualification before the Russian Supreme Court on Monday.
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