Naama Issachar

A Russian hacker and election gimmicks: The diplomatic crisis around Naama Issachar

Sources involved in the negotiations said Russia decided to use Issachar as a bargaining chip for the release of a Russian hacker.

OCTOBER 18, 2022|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara meet Naama Issachar and her mother Yaffa in Moscow on January 30.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey October 16, 2021

Israelis should avoid Turkey until couple is released - analysis

If boycotting the country is not enough to get the Turks to release the couple, then other – more strident actions – should be considered.

NOVEMBER 14, 2021|ByHERB KEINON

Russian hacker Alexei Burkov at a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

US court sentences Alexei Burkov to nine years in prison

Burkov, a Russian national, was arrested in Israel and suggested as part of an exchange for Israeli trekker Naama Issachar after the latter was imprisoned in Russia on drug charges in late 2019.

JUNE 28, 2020|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hype and happy endings for Na'ama Issachar

There was a very effective local campaign to ensure a high level of awareness in Israel about Na’ama’s plight. However, all the hype and happy ending stuff may be backfiring.

FEBRUARY 13, 2020|ByVIVIAN BERCOVICI

Russian Pardon Commission recommends Naama’s release

During his trip to Israel last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally told Issachar’s mother Yaffa that her daughter would be freed.

JANUARY 27, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, ALON EINHORN

Naama Issachar's pardon request to be discussed by committee on Monday

Issachar officially requested a pardon on Sunday in hopes it would lead to her release from a Russian jail, where she is serving a 7.5-year sentence for cannabis possession.

JANUARY 27, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Naama Issachar requests pardon from Putin

“I will return your girl home,” Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly told Yaffa Issachar, Naama's mother.

JANUARY 26, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI, TOVAH LAZAROFF

Yaffa Issachar takes off for Russia: 'Hope to return with Naama'

Naama was supposed to be transferred to a different prison in the past few days, but this did not happen.

JANUARY 26, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Russia: Issachar hasn’t yet asked for pardon, delaying possible release

‘I believe Putin. If he says everything will be okay, I believe everything will be okay,’ jailed woman says

JANUARY 25, 2020ByREUTERS, LAHAV HARKOV

Yaffa Issachar meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin together with Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu on January 23, 2020.

Vladimir Putin to Yaffa Issachar: Everything will be OK

Iran will be at the center of Netanyahu’s planned meeting with Putin, as well as a potential pardon for imprisoned Naama Issachar.

JANUARY 23, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Naama Issachar from Russian prison: I believe Putin, I am hopeful

Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova visited Naama in prison to oversee her conditions in jail.

JANUARY 23, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Putin to meet with Naama Issachar’s mother in Jerusalem

Issachar, 26, was sentenced in October to 7.5 years in a Russian prison for allegedly possessing 9.5 grams of cannabis in her luggage, while on a stopover in Moscow on her way from India to Israel.

JANUARY 22, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Did Israel transfer property to Russia in exchange for Issachar?

'Maariv' obtains document confirming that Israel had responded to Russia about this request around three weeks ago.

JANUARY 22, 2020ByANNA BARSKY

Israel-Russia talks to release Issachar continue

No headway made toward the discussed exchange of Jerusalem courtyard

JANUARY 22, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV