Abbas bypasses EU, asks Russia help avert PA collapse over terror payments
The Palestinian Authority had hoped the EU would support its policy of providing merit-based payments to security prisoners.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with PA President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on April 18 last year(photo credit: REUTERS)ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH, TOVAH LAZAROFF