![Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (R) stands next to his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman as as they look at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1504C794D0](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/11/RTS1GRLC.jpg/RTS1GRLC.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=5blOqI3b)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Luiza Khlebnikova, Ph.D., is Deputy Director for International and Public Affairs at the Center for Security and Development Studies at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University. She is also a research fellow at the Department for Israel Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
![Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (R) stands next to his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman as as they look at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1504C794D0](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/11/RTS1GRLC.jpg/RTS1GRLC.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=5blOqI3b)