Israel declines to intervene for scientist with Israeli citizenship jailed in Russia over FBK donations

According to Haaretz, Israel will not step in on behalf of a scientist sentenced in Russia to 3.5 years in a penal colony for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

Israel has declined to intervene in the case of a scientist who holds Israeli citizenship and was sentenced in Russia to 3.5 years in a penal colony for donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Haaretz reports, as relayed by The Insider.

The report is currently available from a single source, a brief relay of the Haaretz story. The scientist’s name, the court and the date of the verdict, and the reasons Israel gave for its decision are not stated in it, and Sverka has not been able to confirm them independently.