An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the mother of Naama Issachar to chastise her after the Israeli-American backpacker, who was jailed in Russia for 10 months on drug charges, ...

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov on Tuesday said Moscow is not weighing options for a prisoner swap which would free Naama Issachar, Russia's TASS news agency reported. "As far as I ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering granting a pardon to Naama Issachar, the Israeli backpacker who was sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for a minor drug charge, before his visit to Israel ...

Issachar’s mother, Yaffa, said she is now optimistic and is “asking Putin with all my heart to act as a true friend to Israel and the Jewish people – and a leader of a world power – and free my Naama ...