Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Yaffa Issachar, mother of Naama Issachar who is jailed in Russia on drug charges, during a meeting in Jerusalem January 23, 2020. — Picture by Sputnik/Alexei Nikolskyi/Kremlin via Reuters
Putin, among dozens of world leaders in Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, met Yaffa Issachar on the sideline of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official Jerusalem residence. Her daughter, Naama Issachar, 26, was arrested in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport in April as she travelled from India to Israel. Russian authorities said they found nine grammes of cannabis in her checked luggage.
Netanyahu, who is facing an election on March 2, said last Thursday he was optimistic that Issachar would be freed after he spoke to Putin by phone.The Israeli foreign ministry has called the verdict “harsh and disproportionate” while President Reuven Rivlin has appealed to Putin’s “mercy and compassion,” seeking his intervention in the case.
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