Russia and Israel

Vitaly Naumkin: No one needs Iran's war with Israel

Vitaly Naumkin: No one needs Iran's war with Israel

Exactly one year ago, on October 7, 2023, Hamas militants, taking advantage of the Simchat Torah holiday, attacked Israeli settlements close to the Gaza Strip, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 prisoners. "Vestnik Kavkaza" spoke with Vitaly Naumkin, scientific director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about the scale to which the Middle East conflict has grown in a year.

War hits Israel tourism industry hard

War hits Israel tourism industry hard

Nearly a year after the outbreak of the war, Israel has suffered a net loss of $5 billion from international tourism and a loss of $204 million from domestic tourism, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced. According to the …

Israel declares readiness for war with Lebanon

Israel declares readiness for war with Lebanon

Israel is ready for a military confrontation with Lebanon but is giving diplomatic efforts a chance, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin said. "We aren’t at all interested in a full-scale war with …

Vasily Kuznetsov: Russia aims to maintain balance in the Middle East

Vasily Kuznetsov: Russia aims to maintain balance in the Middle East

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member Vasily Kuznetsov summed up the results of the outgoing year for Russia's policy in the Middle East and spoke about current trends in this area while answering Vestnik Kavkaza's question.

Putin and Netanyahu discuss Gaza war

Putin and Netanyahu discuss Gaza war

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza during a telephone conversation on Sunday, the Kremlin press service reported. The discussion focused on the …

First Russians evacuated from Gaza arrive in Moscow

First Russians evacuated from Gaza arrive in Moscow

Seventy Russian nationals who were evacuated from the Gaza Strip have arrived in Moscow by a Russian emergencies ministry’s plane. The ministry’s Il-76 plane landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on November 13. During …

Ground operation in Gaza to start unexpectedly

Ground operation in Gaza to start unexpectedly

The much-anticipated Israeli ground operation against radical Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip will commence unexpectedly, without any prior announcement, …

Putin and Netanyahu discuss Middle East escalation

Putin and Netanyahu discuss Middle East escalation

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, condemning any actions leading to the death or injury of civilians, the Kremlin press service …