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Protesters call for the release of Naama Issachar, an Israeli woman imprisoned in Russia for drug offenses, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on Oct. 19, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar freed from Russian prison

Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman who has been imprisoned in Russia on drug charges since April, was released from prison on Thursday, the Russian prison service said in a statement. “Due to the presidential decree...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, on May 9, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Russia’s displeasure with Israel simmers as Putin readies to visit for Yad Vashem event

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave his controlled environment in Moscow to enter a media firestorm when he alights from his plane in Israel this Thursday as he arrives for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at...
Yaffa Issachar, mother of Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman jailed in Russia on marijuana charges, speaks to the media at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on Jan. 19, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Mother of Israeli woman jailed in Russia hopes Putin will soon grant a pardon

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The mother of an Israeli-American woman currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence in Russia on drug charges expressed hope on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will grant her daughter a pardon. “I came because...
Naama Issachar, 26, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in a Russian prison after 9.5 grams of cannabis were found in her luggage during a stopover in Moscow, Oct. 11, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Russia: No deal for release of jailed Israeli-American woman being considered

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov said on Tuesday that a prisoner-exchange deal for an Israeli-American woman being held in Russia on drug charges is not being considered. “As far as I know, an exchange...