Putin tells freed Russian hostage to ‘thank Hamas’ for his release

Vladimir Putin met pinch freed Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Troufanov, who spent astir 500 days successful captivity successful Gaza, and urged him to thank his Hamas captors for nan “humanitarian act” of releasing him.

“The truth that you managed to spell free is nan consequence of nan truth that Russia has stable, semipermanent relations pinch nan Palestinian people, pinch its representatives, and pinch a wide assortment of organizations,” nan Russian president told Troufanov astatine nan Kremlin, wherever he was joined by his mother, Elena Trufanova, and partner, Sapir Cohen, who were besides some abducted by Hamas.