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Yaakov Dov Bleich carrying a Torah scroll into the synagogue of Drohobycz, Ukraine on July 3, 2019. (Rephael Isaak Vilenskiy via JTA)
July 6, 2019, 12:40 am
Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin was married gets first Torah since WWII
Choral Synagogue in the western city of Drohobych, once one of the region’s most impressive, was turned into a furniture warehouse under communists before being restored in 2013
By JTA
Russian President Vladimir Putin (2L), businessman Viktor Vekselberg (R) and Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar (2R) attend a ceremony unveiling the memorial to members of the Jewish resistance in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow on June 4, 2019. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AFP)
June 5, 2019, 3:12 pm
Putin attends unveiling of Moscow’s first major Holocaust monument
At Moscow Jewish museum ceremony for memorial to Jewish resistance fighters, Russian leader says Holocaust one of ‘greatest tragedies’ and ‘most extraordinary chapters in history’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Yukos Chief Executive Simon Kukes speaks at a news conference in company's headquarters in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003. (AP/Misha Japaridze)
September 28, 2018, 7:28 pm
Russian-US oligarch claimed to be ‘actively involved’ in Trump election strategy
Emails revealed by the Guardian include a photo of Jewish oligarch Simon Kukes’s then-girlfriend with Donald Trump and Mike Pence at a private fundraising event for Jewish donors
By TOI staff and Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with billionaire tycoon, Sual Group Sual owner, Viktor Vekselberg at the Russian president's vacation residence in a Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS/Presidential Press Service, Dmitry Astakhov)
July 5, 2018, 3:02 pm
Sanctioned Russian oligarch linked to Michael Cohen has vast US ties
Viktor Vekselberg backed a $1.6 million lobbying campaign to aid Russian interests in Washington
By GARANCE BURKE and Stephen Braun
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