Russia freed Naama Issachar, a U.S.-Israeli backpacker, after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon. Issachar had been jailed on drugs charges for seven and a half years
MOSCOW - Russia freed a U.S.-Israeli woman on Thursday who had been jailed on drugs charges, after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon.
Netanyahu thanked Putin at talks in Moscow for what he said was a “swift” decision to pardon Issachar. Netanyahu has said he plans to meet her later on Thursday. The right-wing Israeli leader, under criminal corruption indictment, faces an election on March 2 and has campaigned on his ability to protect Israel’s interests abroad.
Her family called her treatment disproportionate and the case opened an unusual public rift between Russia and Israel.
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