Vladimir Putin
Putin tells Naama Issachar’s mother that ‘everything will be fine’
Russian President Vladimir Putin reassures Yaffa Issachar, whose daughter is imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, after meeting her together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
The Memorial Candle monument in the capital’s Sacher Park honors the hundreds of thousands of Russians who died during the 900-day Nazi siege of Leningrad.
His arrival, according to Micky Aharonson, a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, “is a goal in itself. It is important for Putin to portray himself as anti-fascist and a fighter against anti-Semitism. This gives him credit in the international community. It is good for Putin.”
Mother of Israeli woman jailed in Russia hopes Putin will soon grant a pardon
Russian and Israeli media report that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be considering a pardon for Naama Issachar ahead of his visit to Israel • Naama’s mother, Yaffa Issachar, says “this is the moment of truth,” asks supporters not to interfere with Putin’s visit.
Russia: No deal for release of jailed Israeli-American woman being considered
A prisoner-exchange deal to secure the release of Naama Issachar, 27, who is being held in Russia on drug charges, “is not being looked at,” says Russia’s deputy foreign minister.
“We do not abandon anyone to his fate,” wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Naama Issachar, 27, who was arrested in Moscow on drug charges in April.
The seven-year prison sentence for Israeli-American Naama Issachar as well as the recent questioning of dozens of Israeli travelers has brought the complex relationship between the two countries into the public eye.
Whoever said the adage, “nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests,” appears to have correctly perceived the nature of international relations, especially when it comes to the Jewish state and Russia.
As U.S. forces leave the region, Russia and Turkey agree on a joint plan to push Kurdish YPG fighters out of a 20-mile strip along the Syria-Turkey border.
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office confirms that Benjamin Netanyahu will formally ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon Israeli-American Naama Issachar, who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for drug-smuggling.
“Russia wants to keep a lid on Syria and continues to play the different sides off of each other. So it can tolerate repeated low-level Israeli airstrikes, but wants to make sure that things don’t get out of hand,” said Charles Freilich, a former deputy Israeli national security adviser.
“Russians and Israelis have ties of family and friendship. Our nations are united by common and often tragic pages in history,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said at Keren Hayesod’s annual conference in Moscow.
