Russia on Thursday freed a U.S.-Israeli woman who was jailed on drug charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon, the RIA news agency cited the Federal Prison Service as saying.
Ciara Lee reports
Russia has freed a U.S.-Israeli woman who was jailed on drug charges.
The RIA news agency, citing the country's prison service, said President Vladimir Putin had granted Naama Issachar a pardon.
The 26-year-old's release came ahead of talks in Moscow on Thursday between Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel had called on Russia to release New Jersey-born Issachar.
She was jailed for seven and a half years in April after police found cannabis in her bags during a stopover at a Moscow airport, en route from India to Israel.
Netanyahu flew in from Washington to pass on details of Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
The Israeli leader welcomed the pardon.
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