Backpacker jailed by Russia on drug charges lands in Israel after release

Naama Issachar touches down at Ben Gurion Airport after her release from a Russian prison, where she was jailed on drug charges.

She returns to Israel on a plane carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who made an impromptu visit to Moscow ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pardon of Issachar.

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