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FM Cohen confirms more consular staff to be sent to Moscow, St. Petersburg

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends an event at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen confirms consular staff will be boosted in Moscow and St. Petersburg, following the mutiny by the mercenary Wagner Group.
“We are ready for any scenario,” Cohen says in a statement after speaking with Israel’s ambassador to Russia.
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