Russian government from Israel control over Alexander Compound
Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett assesses control over the Alexander Nevsky Church in the Alexander Compound in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reports on April 18.
The demands of the Russian side were set out in a letter sent to the Israeli Prime Minister on April 17. De jure, the courtyard was transferred to Russia on December 30, 2019, when the Prime Minister of Israel was Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu expected Russia to be able to take the compound in 2020. In Israel, it is believed that the return of the Russian farmstead is a gesture of gratitude. Vladimir Putinassisted in the release of an Israeli woman Naama Issacharwho is accused in Russia of drug smuggling.
Various Orthodox organizations began to argue for the courtyard. March 3, 2022 Judge of the Jerusalem District Court Mordechai Kaduri Satisfied the appeal of Germany “Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society of the Holy Land” Nikolai Vorontsov-Hoffmann and canceled the transfer of the farmstead to the Russian government. Kaduri decided that the decision on the courtyard should be accepted by Islam.
The previously Chosen Russian Federation was the legal successor of the Russian Empire, which owned the farmstead during the Ottoman Empire. The “Imperial Orthodox Returning Society” claims for the Alexander Compound Sergei Stepashinwhich is the successor of the pre-revolutionary “Imperial Orthodox Peacekeeping Society”.