The New York Times - Monday Briefing: Putin extends his rule
Good morning. We’re covering Russia’s elections and the aid deliveries to Gaza. Plus, Afghan women in the U.S. learn to drive.
Putin extends his rule after a predetermined votePresident Vladimir Putin claimed another six-year term in a presidential contest in which he faced no real competition. He is expected to hold a Red Square rally to formally declare victory — and to portray the vote as a public endorsement of his invasion of Ukraine. Some Russians quietly registered their dissent yesterday. They turned the rubber-stamp election into a startling protest: Many formed long lines at polling stations to register their discontent with Putin as he prepared to take his fifth term as president. Aleksei Navalny, the opposition leader who died in prison last month, had urged his supporters to vote at noon local time. Lines formed quickly at polling stations in major cities, and several people in Moscow told The Times that they had come to express their support for Navalny. One woman, who gave her name as Dayana, 22, said she was heartened to stand among fellow Putin critics and feel “that I am not alone, that there are a lot of us.” But there was no sign that the protest would deter Putin, who has ruled Russia since 1999. He extended his rule until 2030 and, if he serves until the end of his next term, will have the longest tenure of any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the late 1700s. A predetermined outcome: Even Putin’s spokesman said last year that the elections were “not really democracy,” but “costly bureaucracy.” In the occupied regions of Ukraine, armed soldiers watched people vote for president. What’s next: Many fear that a new wave of mobilization may soon follow the election. Updates from the war:
With aid limited, malnutrition persists in GazaA maritime shipment of aid reached northern Gaza’s shores this weekend, the first to do so in nearly two decades, and another batch of aid is expected to depart from Cyprus soon. But experts and aid groups said that diversifying the methods of delivery had not relieved hunger and widespread malnutrition. They said that the main method should be over land, and that the best way to stave off a famine was a cease-fire. There could be some movement toward a pause in fighting after Hamas softened a demand for a permanent cease-fire. The new proposal would allow the release of hostages in exchange for a phased pullback of Israeli troops. Risks: On Thursday, an attack near aid trucks in Gaza killed at least 20 people. Gazan officials accused Israel of a “targeted” attack; Israel blamed Palestinian gunmen. The U.N. human rights office has documented 10 attacks this month on Gazans waiting for aid. The U.S.: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Senator Chuck Schumer’s criticism yesterday: “We’re not a banana republic.”
Did Australia catch a Chinese spy?In 2020, Di Sanh Duong became the first person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws. Late last month, he was sentenced to almost three years in prison, although he is expected to serve a year. In the case, the government fought Duong, a suburban tombstone maker, over interpretations of two words (“us Chinese”), and a $25,000 donation to a hospital that — prosecutors said — would at some point have become the basis for a pro-China pitch to a lawmaker. The question at stake: Was Duong a savvy operator for Beijing, or merely a bombastic braggart? In his only in-depth interview since his arrest, Duong — who is ethnically Chinese — told The Times that he was a scapegoat of geopolitical tensions, saying his prosecution was intended to send a message: “Don’t walk too close to China.”
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An 82-year-old retired professor in California found a new calling — offering free driving lessons to women from Afghanistan. His waiting list is 50 deep, and he sometimes teaches five back-to-back classes, some up to two hours long. “Our life changed completely,” one student said after she and her sister passed their road tests. The Australia Letter: The country devotes substantial time and resources to managing feral cats. Domestic ones are a trickier issue. Conversation Starters
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Phoebe Philo’s first interviewThe British designer Phoebe Philo, who has been called “the Chanel of her generation,” transformed both Chloé and Celine. Then she walked away from the industry almost seven years ago and pretty much dropped out of sight. Late last year, Philo returned to start a brand in her name. Sky-high expectations faltered amid complaints about the prices, the vision and the impossible return policy. As she prepared for her second drop, she spoke with our chief fashion critic in her first formal interview in a decade. “There may have been an expectation that I could have provided everything to everyone immediately,” Philo said. “And that’s just not possible. It takes time and effort to make most things that have meaning. One has to stand for something.” RECOMMENDATIONS
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