Hamas delegations have been to Moscow several times this year. Hamas leader Haniyeh was welcomed with open arms. Last week, Hamas leaders were again in the Russian capital. Hamas then announced that it would release the Russian hostages, "because Russia is our closest friend." Hamas is not classified as a terrorist organization in Russia, while Navalny's anti-corruption organization is on the terrorism list, directly below IS and Al-Qaeda.
Since the war against Ukraine, Iran has been one of Russia's most important allies. It supplies weapons and drones and the countries help each other to circumvent Western sanctions.
At the same time, Putin is trying not to jeopardize his relationship with Israel. There are almost a million people of Russian descent living in Israel whom Putin cannot 'abandon'. Israel has so far not supplied weapons to Ukraine and has refrained from sanctions against Russia.
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