Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Moscow, Wednesday, that the relationship between the two countries was of a „very unusual character.“

SOT, Russian President Vladimir Putin (Russian): „The relationships between our countries have a long story and are based on friendship and mutual understanding.“

SOT, Russian President Vladimir Putin (Russian): „Special relationships are formed also due to the fact that almost 1.5 million citizens of Israel are immigrants from the former Soviet Union.“

SOT, Russian President Vladimir Putin (Russian): „[These are] people who maintain relationships with their relatives in Russia, with friends. This gives a very unusual character to our inter-state relations, of course.“