A contingent of Israeli career soldiers visited Russia for four days as part of a course on Israeli- Diaspora relations sponsored by the Jewish Agency for Israel. During the trip, the group from the Israeli National Defense Academy met with Russian Jewish community leaders and potential emigres to Israel and held a series of discussions with representatives of the Russian military and political establishment.
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