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Sanctioned Russian jet carrying military intel. chief lands in Israel after departing Moscow base

The Tupolev Tu-154M, which departed from a military base near Moscow, has been on the US sanctions list since 2023. A delegation, including the GRU chief Adm. Igor Kustyukov, was on board.

A Russian Air Force Tu-154B-2; illustrative.
Sergei Lavrov speaks with Sergei Naryshkin and Vladimir Medinsky during a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Russia, November 6, 2026.

Russian diplomats and military officials to join talks with US and Ukraine, Kremlin says

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 29, 2026.

Ukraine, a living laboratory for modern warfare, is shaping the global economy, security - opinion

Сombines harvest wheat in a field in the Kasharsky district of the Rostov region, Russia, July 24, 2025.

Russia says it regrets decision of Israeli company to refrain from purchasing Russian grain


Israel fails to sign onto US text condemning Russia at UNSC

Israel didn't sign the US backed resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has attempted to take a moderate tone on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.

 FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint news conference at the State Department las week.

Ukraine asks Israel to mediate with Russia

"We always look to Israel as one of the most prominent possible intermediaries for Mr. Putin," Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said.

 Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk in Tel Aviv

Israel supports Ukraine’s sovereignty - without mentioning Russia

The statement expressed support for “Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.”

 People form a human chain along a bridge across the Dnipro River as they celebrate the Day of Unity in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2022.

Israel weighing condemnation as Russia escalates against Ukraine

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz weighed what kind of statement to release that would not undermine military coordination with Russia in Syria.

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media following a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, February 22, 2022.

Bennett, Putin discuss Iran, airstrikes in Syria in five-hour meeting

Bennett's visit to Russia will carry on until after Shabbat, as his meeting with Putin was described as "warm and intimate."

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset Ze'ev Elkin meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, October 22, 2021

How PM Bennett spent Shabbat in Sochi

PM Naftali Bennett's meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin went on for five hours, and it was clear the Orthodox prime minister would not make it home to his family on time for Shabbat.

 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russia President Vladimir Putin meeting, October 22, 2021.

Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg on his charity projects - interview

Viktor Vekselberg: "I thought I understood the West"

Until sanctions were imposed on him, Viktor Vekselberg consistently made it to the Forbes’ top 10, with the exclusion of 2008 to 2010, unfavorable years for metal manufacturers. In 2020, he placed 12th on the list with his fortune of $10.5 billion

Ashkenazi thanks Russia for work to recover Israelis’ remains in Syria

Russia and Israel are marking 30 years of diplomatic relations this year

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on March 17, 2021

Woman who crossed from Israel into Syria indicted

Syria is on the list of enemy states, and quite a few Israeli-Arabs who have crossed into Israel's neighbor and returned were indicted for their actions.

An old military fort on the Syrian border is seen, with snow-covered Mount Hermon in the background.

Israeli woman released, returns home as two shepherds freed to Syria

The young woman was healthy and did not seem to be hurt in Syria.

View of Mount Hermon covered with snow as it seen from the northern Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, January 20, 2021.