Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.
In using public protests and street demonstrations to attract notice, Soviet Jewish activists changed Jewish history.
A French official said on Monday that Shaye will receive a "very firm" update at the French Foreign Ministry on Monday.
The three Baltic states and Ukraine, all formerly part of the Soviet Union, reacted along the same lines as France.
The high number of Holocaust survivors who made aliyah to Israel in 2022 is mainly due to the war in Ukraine.
For the past 12 years, SSY has been creating welcoming educational and empowering communities throughout Israel that remind young Russian-speaking olim of the reasons why they made aliyah.
Do Jews who come to Israel find inner freedom or do they become hostages of the situation? I spoke with Jews from the post-Soviet Union who have recently made aliyah.
The stories of these human rights legends, who have profoundly influenced Israeli society, politics, and American Jewry, are underestimated.
Russia claims that the United States is currently producing 14,000-15,000 shells every month. They believe that the US will be producing up to 75,000 shells by 2025.
This complex migration picture has presented the state of Israel, European and American Jewry, as well as regional and international Jewish organizations with complex questions.
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