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

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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