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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


Russian Chief Rabbi: Israel shouldn't rely on anyone, S-300 was ‘mistake’

“We hope the cooperation between Russia and Israel to stop the terror and Iran will continue, and that Israel will continue to do everything to ensure that the terror does not reach its gates."

People watch S-300 air defense missile systems launching missiles during the Keys to the Sky competition at the International Army Games 2017 at the Ashuluk shooting range outside Astrakhan, Russia, August 5, 2017.

It is not time for Israel to play Russian roulette

If the current state of relations between the two countries continues to deteriorate, Russia will have no reason to keep the Iranians away from the Golan Heights.

The Russian S-300 anti-missile rocket system moves along a central street during a rehearsal for a military parade in Moscow in 2009

Netanyahu off to New York to meet with Trump, address the U.N.

This will be the fifth time since Trump took office in January 2017 that Netanyahu will meet with the US president. They last met in Washington in March.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem September 5, 2018.

Air space

According to the IDF, following the Israeli air strike on a Syrian military facility near the port city of Latakia, Syria fired missiles that hit a Russian IL-20 aircraft.

A war jet flies above Syria near the Israeli Syrian border as it is seen from the Golan Heights, Israel July 23, 2018

Liberman: Assad is responsible for downing Russian plane

Israel's defense forces "will do everything they must" to defend the country and its citizens. "I will continue to do what I must," he added.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting on June 18th, 2018

Moscow on the Golan

It is in Moscow’s interest that Syria not be destabilized by Israeli retaliation for any sort of violation of the 1974 lines.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017

We can't force Iran out of Syria, Russia tells Israelis

"We cannot dictate to Israel how to proceed."

A man carries a giant flag made of flags of Iran, Palestine, Syria and Hezbollah, during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Feburary 2016

Before meeting again with Russians, Netanyahu stresses close U.S. ties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov are scheduled to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem later in the day.

THE TIES between Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been characterized as straightforward, open and built on personal trust

Helsinki summit proved Russia to be ally of Israel

Trump said that he and Putin had reached a “really good conclusion” for Israel in regard to the situation in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and US President Donald Trump (R)

‘Saved from certain death’ to change the course of history

He believed Russia was on the right track before World War I, and he waxed optimistic about the transition to democracy in the early 1990s.

AN ICE floe drifts past the Kremlin in Moscow in winter.