Putin to Meet Mother of U.S.-Zionist Woman Jailed in Russia
MOSCOW (Dispatches) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with the mother of a U.S.-Zionist woman jailed in Moscow on drug charges, a Kremlin aide says, as the case has led to protests by the Zionist regime.
The Russian leader will meet Yaffa Issachar, the mother of Naama Issachar, while visiting the occupied territories on Thursday, Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov, said.
The meeting will also include Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III of al-Quds, who have both petitioned for the 26-year-old woman’s freedom.
"The humanitarian aspect of this case will be discussed at the meeting,” Ushakov told journalists.
Issachar was caught with nine grams of cannabis in her checked luggage while transiting from India to the occupied territories at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport last April.
She was convicted in October and jailed for seven-and-a-half years after a court outside Moscow found her guilty of smuggling a "significant amount” of drugs.
The Zionist regime’s foreign ministry has called the verdict "harsh and disproportionate” while Zionist President Reuven Rivlin appealed to Putin’s "mercy and compassion,” seeking his intervention in the case.
Issachar’s appeal was rejected in December. Initial reports speculated she could be swapped for a Russian hacker in Israeli custody, but the regime’s top court ruled to extradite him to the United States instead.
The Russian leader will meet Yaffa Issachar, the mother of Naama Issachar, while visiting the occupied territories on Thursday, Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov, said.
The meeting will also include Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III of al-Quds, who have both petitioned for the 26-year-old woman’s freedom.
"The humanitarian aspect of this case will be discussed at the meeting,” Ushakov told journalists.
Issachar was caught with nine grams of cannabis in her checked luggage while transiting from India to the occupied territories at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport last April.
She was convicted in October and jailed for seven-and-a-half years after a court outside Moscow found her guilty of smuggling a "significant amount” of drugs.
The Zionist regime’s foreign ministry has called the verdict "harsh and disproportionate” while Zionist President Reuven Rivlin appealed to Putin’s "mercy and compassion,” seeking his intervention in the case.
Issachar’s appeal was rejected in December. Initial reports speculated she could be swapped for a Russian hacker in Israeli custody, but the regime’s top court ruled to extradite him to the United States instead.