Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak vowed to do everything “possible to have Vladimir Goussinsky come back home, to Israel.” Barak, who called the Russian media tycoon and Jewish leader his personal friend in an interview on a German radio station, said he is seeking Goussinsky’s release.
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