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Al Jazeera
Politics
Niko Vorobyov

What’s behind Russia’s ‘soft power’ moves on Israel-Palestine?

Palestinians hold a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest in support of the people of Gaza, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [Yosri Aljamal/Reuters]

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In their first face-to-face meeting since 2021, the pair are expected to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Kremlin has maintained relations with both Israel and Palestine, but experts say its actual sway over the conflict is limited and the meeting has more of a symbolic nature.

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