page_title: Israel–Russia relations
hierarchical_section_title: Israel–Russia relations
caption_attribution_description: עברית: קתדרלת השילוש הקדוש היא קתדרלה רוסית במגרש הרוסים. נבנתה על ידי "החברה הארץ-ישראלית הרוסית-אורתודוקסית הקיסרית" שפעלה בירושלים בתקופה העות'מאנית. הכנסייה בנויה מאבן לבנה ולה שמונה מגדלים שבסופם כיפות צבועות בירוק ומצופות נחושת שעליהן צלב. This is a photo of a heritage building in Israel. Its ID is 2-3000-533
context_page_description: Israel–Russia relations refers to the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, Israel and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Tel Aviv and a consulate in Haifa. Israel has an embassy in Moscow and a consulate-general in Yekaterinburg.
  Russia is a member of the Quartet on the Middle East. For many years, Israel was a sanctuary for many Russian Jews. This was especially the case during the aliyah in the 1970s and 1990s. Israel and Russia were on opposing sides during the Cold War. However, the relationship between Israel and Russia began to improve significantly from the early 2000s onwards, with the election of the more pro-Israel, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and in 2001 with election of the more pro-Russian, Israeli leader Ariel Sharon.
  Israel is part Russophone and considered to be the world's only part Russophone country outside the former Soviet Union. Russian is the third most widely spoken first language in Israel, after Hebrew and Arabic, and has the third largest number of Russian speakers outside former Soviet countries, and the highest as a proportion of the total population.
context_section_description: Israel–Russia relations refers to the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, Israel and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Tel Aviv and a consulate in Haifa. Israel has an embassy in Moscow and a consulate-general (to open) in Yekaterinburg.
  Russia is a member of the Quartet on the Middle East. For many years, Israel was a sanctuary for many Russian Jews. This was especially the case during the aliyah in the 1970s and 1990s. Israel and Russia were on opposing sides during the Cold War. However, the relationship between Israel and Russia began to improve significantly from the early 2000s onwards, with the election of the more pro-Israel, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and in 2001 with election of the more pro-Russian, Israeli leader Ariel Sharon.
  Israel is part Russophone and considered to be the world's only part Russophone country outside the former Soviet Union. Russian is the third most widely spoken first language in Israel, after Hebrew and Arabic, and has the third largest number of Russian speakers outside former Soviet countries, and the highest as a proportion of the total population.
  Over 100,000 Israeli citizens live in Russia, with 80,000 Israelis living in Moscow, while hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens reside in Israel, from around 1.5 million native Russian-speaking Israelis.
caption: The Russian Compound in Jerusalem
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