Russia Frees US-Israeli Woman Jailed in Drug Bust After Putin Pardon

Russia Frees US-Israeli Woman Jailed in Drug Bust After Putin Pardon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, walk with Naama Issachar and her mother, Yaffa, at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on Jan.30, 2020. Dan Williams/Reuters
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Russia freed a U.S.-Israeli woman on Jan. 30 who had been jailed on drug charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon following a high-profile lobbying campaign championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Naama Issachar was released ahead of talks in Moscow between Putin and Netanyahu, who had flown in from Washington to pass on details of a U.S. peace plan for the Middle East.