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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Sochi

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) while accompanied by Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin who acted as a translator at Putin's residence in Sochi, Russia on October 22, 2021. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)
October 24, 2021, 2:29 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 24 – What made Bennett spend the weekend in Sochi?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses a visit to Putin and one by India’s FM, and Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman gives update on Palestinian NGOs’ terror-listing
By ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speak during their meeting in Sochi, Russia, on October 22, 2021. (Evgeny Biyatov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP/ File)
October 23, 2021, 8:56 pm
Bennett wraps up Russia trip, gets invite from Putin to visit again
PM, Russian leader speak by phone after Shabbat, which the premier spent in Sochi after their meeting Friday ran long
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) while accompanied by Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin who acted as a translator at Putin's residence in Sochi, Russia on October 22, 2021. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)
October 22, 2021, 4:59 pm
Bennett extends Russia trip over Shabbat after ‘warm’ Putin talks run long
First meeting between leaders seen as key in keeping Russia-Israel ties on track following departure of Netanyahu; talks said to have focused on Syria, Iran
By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
File: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on October 22, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 22, 2021, 11:40 am
Meeting Bennett, Putin says he aims to continue warm ties forged under Netanyahu
During PM’s brief visit to Sochi, leaders expected to discuss military operations in Syria and thwarting Iran’s nuclear weapons program
By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Muni Expo 2021 conference in Tel Aviv, on October 20, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 22, 2021, 6:23 am
Bennett lands in Russia for lightning talks with Putin on Iran, region
Prime minister touts importance of relationship with Moscow before taking off for hours-long trip, though Kremlin says forging close ties between leaders will take time
By ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) with a bouquet of flowers and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2020. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP)
October 20, 2021, 4:27 am
After losing power, Netanyahu said to have promised Putin: ‘I’ll be back soon’
Report comes days before Russian leader to host PM Naftali Bennett in a first meeting expected to focus on Iran; Moscow also hosts Iranian military chief
By ToI Staff
Right: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 5, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky/ Pool) Left: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the 17th Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, September 30, 2021. (Evgeniy Paulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
October 12, 2021, 3:00 pm
Bennett to travel to Russia next week to meet Putin, with Iran on agenda
PM invited to Sochi to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program and other regional issues with Russian president, amid reported tensions over Syria policies
By ToI Staff
PM Netanyahu, left, with Russian President Putin in Sochi, Russia, September 12, 2019 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 12, 2019, 10:02 pm
Meeting Putin after 3-hour wait, Netanyahu vows to stop Iran’s attacks on Israel
On pre-election trip with an eye on Russian-born voters, PM says Tehran’s presence in Syria is ‘intolerable threat,’ credits his ties with Putin for best Moscow-Jerusalem relations
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: A Ural Airlines plane is parked on the tarmac at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport, south Sinai, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)
August 23, 2019, 4:39 pm
Flight from Tel Aviv with 160 on board makes emergency landing in Sochi
Ural Airlines plane manages to touch down with damaged wheel mechanism, no reports of injuries; same airline that landed in cornfield last week
By ToI Staff and AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi on May 14, 2019. (Pavel Golovkin/POOL/AFP)
May 16, 2019, 8:59 am
Russia not a ‘fire brigade’ to save disintegrating Iran deal, says Putin
Russian leader meets US secretary of state in Sochi, insists Iranians have been fulfilling their part of 2015 pact, but warns agreement is ‘falling apart’ and Europe can’t save it
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, November 20, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin via AP)
May 17, 2018, 11:15 pm
Bashar Assad travels to Russia to meet with Putin
Syrian president says he is making progress fighting ‘terrorism’ and wants to ‘send a delegation to the UN’ to discuss constitution
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, May 11, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
February 2, 2018, 12:50 am
Palestinians court Russia as new broker in peace process
Abbas to meet Putin on February 12 as Ramallah seeks replacement for US role; Russian officials hear Israeli concerns about Iranian missiles
By Khaled Abu Toameh and Stuart Winer
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a meeting of 29 diplomats pushing for sanctions and criminal charges against the perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria, at the Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/JacquesDemarthon)
January 27, 2018, 5:54 pm
Tillerson insists Russia to blame for Syria chemical attacks
Moscow has sought to block Western-backed efforts at the UN to impose sanctions on Damascus over use of unconventional arms
By AFP
In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Turkish experts evacuate a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey. (AP)
January 24, 2018, 12:25 pm
Russia accuses US of trying to derail Syria peace initiative
Moscow says Washington promoting ‘rigged, unverified reports’ of alleged chemical weapons use
By AP
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad in Sochi, Russia, on November 20, 2017. (AFP/SPUTNIK/Mikhail KLIMENTYEV)
November 22, 2017, 10:01 am
Putin to hold Syria peace talks with Erdogan, Rouhani
Russian leader’s recent round of diplomatic activity included calls with US, Egypt, and Israel; Assad’s future role still unclear
By Maria Panina
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