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Russia, Hamas and a Moment of Global Challenge

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – NOVEMBER 22: (L-R) Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. arrive to the briefing room of the Pentagon for a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting on November 22, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Austin gave opening remarks to participating members including foreign ministers and secretary of states. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Posted: November 27th, 2023

By The Cipher Brief

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE – Hamas thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support as it released 25-year-old Russian-Israeli dual national Ron Krivoi from captivity on Sunday in a sign of the growing closeness in the relationship between Moscow and Hamas. Krivoi was among the hostages taken during the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel on October 7. 

“In response to the efforts of Russian president Putin and in appreciation of the Russian position in support of the Palestinian cause, we released a detainee who holds Russian citizenship,” Hamas said.

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