Posted on 04/17/2025 3:37:03 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian leader tells Sasha Troufanov, his mother and partner of 'need to express words of gratitude' to political heads of terror group who murdered his father during Oct. 7 attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday evening with freed hostage Sasha Troufanov at the Kremlin in Moscow, along with his mother, Elena Trufanova, and partner, Sapir Cohen, both of whom are also former captives.
“The fact that you managed to go free is the result of the fact that Russia has stable, long-term relations with the Palestinian people, with its representatives, and with a wide variety of organizations,” Putin told the ex-hostages in a video clip from the meeting published by the state-funded RT television network.
He also hailed Hamas for its “humanitarian act” of releasing them: “We need to express words of gratitude to the leadership of the political wing of Hamas for cooperating with us and carrying out this humanitarian act.”
“We will do everything to ensure that such acts happen as often as possible and that all the people who are still in the same conditions that you had been in… are also released,” Putin added, sighing deeply in response to Troupanov telling him that he was held in Gaza for 498 days.
Troufanov and Cohen were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, along with Sasha’s mother and grandmother Irena Tati, while his father and Elana’s husband Vitaly Troufanov was murdered during the Hamas-led atrocities.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
“Political wing” of Hamas playing good cop?
No. Putin sucking up to Islam yet again.
Islam is a death cult.
Size of a football field per week. Kacap stronk.
Russia conquers tree line! Putin stronk like Stalin!
Did you notice that Sasha Troufanov, Yelena Trufanova and Sapir Cohen received a presentation of flowers?
Did you note that those hostages were Russian-Israelis?
Did you notice that other Times of Israel articles mention Israel also dealing, albeit through third parties such as Qatar, with them?
Did you notice that the "hailing" was diplomatic speech, as some kind of negotiation requires this stuff?
Israeli negotiators head to Qatar amid some reported progress in hostage talks Times of Israel, 2 January 2025Getting hostages released -- geopolitically, or in some storefront -- remains most often a matter of talking, talking and talking.Negotiators to head to Qatar as Israel denies Hamas claim of progress on 2nd truce phase Times of Israel, 8 March 2025.
Complexities.
His conception of Hamas sounds pre-October 7.
Being that we’re waaaaayyy past October 7, that “misconception” must be deliberate, offered for political purposes.
In other words: This Guy is smellin’ what MM is cookin’.
I also remember a small number of Russian born hostages were released by Hamas not too long after Oct 7th, without too much fanfare in the West and separate from Israeli negotiations. These were characterized by Hamas as good will gestures toward Russia.
https://youtu.be/1GlcYqP2Mzg
Military Summary Channel
Looks like u lose a couple more football fields.🤡😂🐸
3 ? How about you post the actual size of the area you dudes allegedly took last week instead of the endless 1h long videos about nothing ?
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