Israel and Russia

Under Ukraine pressure, Israel blocks suspect Russian grain ship

"The Russian supplier of the cargo will have to find an alternative destination to unload it," read a statement issued by Israel’s Grain Importers Association.

View of the Haifa port in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024.
THE RUSSIAN Navy’s landing ship ‘Caesar Kunikov’ sails in the Bosphorus near Istanbul earlier this month on its way to the Mediterranean Sea.

Ukraine seeks answers from Israel after Russian shadow fleet ship docks in Haifa

Grain field

Israeli vessel breaks through Moscow’s Black Sea grain blockade - report

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Did Israel warn Russia against judicial reform interference? - analysis


Russia: A partner for an Israel with fewer friends

Israel’s approaches to its American ally and a Russia that directly and indirectly assists enemies like Iran, Syria and Hezbollah appear misplaced.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

After Facebook jab, journalists fire back at PM: We are doing our duty

Netanyahu, in a Facebook post, charged that the “majority of the Israeli press ignored the historic visit that I made to Russia to mark 25 years to the renewal of ties."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Netanyahu: Lebanon tank symbol of IDF bravery, ties to Moscow

"This is an emotional moment for me and for all Israeli citizens,” Netanyahu said.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks atop an Israeli tank that had been lost during the First Lebanon War, in Moscow yesterday.

Among moderate-drinking Israelis, Russians go hard

Russian Standard vodka reaches out to it's Israeli market.

Group of young friends drinking beer

Kasparov to ‘Post’: Putin is existential threat to free world

Chess champion says Israel should not expect any return from Moscow for arms sales and neutrality on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

A new Israel-friendly economic union opens its doors

Upcoming high-level talks between Israel and Russia will provide an opportunity to move forward the idea of forging a partnership between Israel and the Eurasian Economic Union.

MEETING OF (from left to right) President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyz Republic.

Tourism Minister attempts to remove obstacles for Russian visitors

‘Russia is one of the most important markets in which the Tourism Ministry operates,’ says Levin

Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin (left) meets with Russia’s Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky in Moscow on Wednesday.

Rivlin lobbies Putin for help in redeploying UN peacekeepers on Golan

Israeli president meets Russian counterpart in Kremlin for first meeting since Moscow announced pullout of Russian troops from Syria.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin at the Kremlin in Moscow

Our World: Israel and the Russian challenge

Obama cannot take action against Russia without discrediting his entire Middle East policy, and so destroying his own legacy.

MILITARY ATTACHES and journalists talk after a Russian Defense Ministry briefing in Moscow about the attempt to interdict Islamic State’s oil trade.

Ukrainian President calls on Israel to take a stand on conflict with Russia

"Russia supplied systems to Syria that can change the balance of power in the region," Poroshenko warns in speech to Knesset.

Ukraine's President Poroshenko visits Knesset