Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Likud), who heads the Economic Commission for Coordination between Israel and Russia, spoke on Saturday night with the Israel Hayom newspaper and criticized Russia’s conduct in the case of Israeli citizen Naama Issachar.
"The punishment seems unreasonable and disproportionate to what she did. It is clear to everyone that the handling of the case was unfair and did not meet the standards set by the Russian legal system in similar cases in recent years. This is bullying of a young Israeli woman for totally different motives. I fear this case is not of a criminal-legal nature," said Elkin, a member of the security cabinet.
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