Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Minister of Environmental Protection Ze'ev Elkin (right) attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation Viktor Vekselberg (right) attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Chief Rabbi of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia Berel Lazar attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and his wife Sara Ben-Artzi (right) attend the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (right) attend the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from left) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (center) attend the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and President of Israel Reuven Rivlin (right) attend the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (right) attend the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks at the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (center) attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (second from right) attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (center) attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right), his wife Sara Ben-Artzi (second from left) and Chairman of the KKL-JNF (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael Jewish National Fund) Daniel Atar (right) attend the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov attends the opening ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas (left) shake hands during the meeting at the Presidential palace in Bethlehem.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (center) attends the ceremony.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Ceremony of the monument "Candle of Memory", dedicated to the residents and defenders of the besieged Leningrad, in the Sacher Park.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas (left) shake hands during the meeting at the Presidential palace in Bethlehem.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to Israel. Vladimir Putin's Presidential car Aurus.