Roni Krivoi’s siblings meet with Russian official, thanking Moscow for securing brother’s release

The brother and sister of Roni Krivoi, who was released yesterday by Hamas, meet with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov to thank him for helping with Roni’s release.

Bogdanov says Krivoi was released as a gesture to Russia by Hamas following the Kremlin’s request soon after the October 7 atrocities that the terror group work to release as many as eight hostages with Russian citizenship, and says he hopes more will be released going forward.

Representatives of three other Israeli-Russian families whose family members are among the hostages being held captive by Hamas in Gaza flew out to Moscow yesterday together with Krivoi’s two siblings to seek the Kremlin’s assistance in having their relatives released, Channel 12 reported.

Krivoi’s brother and sister, Igor and Yulia, were unaware that their brother was being released until they arrived in Moscow and were told after they landed.

The representatives of the three other families have remained in Moscow to seek the Kremlin’s assistance in releasing their relatives.

“We are grateful for all the work of the Russian Federation. For continuing it and helping to return all the other hostages. We see the results,” says Igor Krivoi, during his meeting with Bogdanov today, according to a press release put out by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“Let’s hope so,” Bogdanov replies, and says that nothing had been given to Hamas in return for Krivoi’s release.