Berel Lazar
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Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar, better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000,
Lazar in November 2025
President Putin with Lazar during the Hanukkah holiday at the Jewish Community Center in Moscow
Putin and Lazar visiting the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem with Israeli president Moshe Katsav, April 2005
Lazar among other Russian religious leaders including Patriarch Kirill and Talgat Tadzhuddin, November 2012
Lev Avnerovich Leviev
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Lev Avnerovich Leviev is an Israeli diamond magnate, investor and philanthropist. Leviev was the chairman and majority shareholder of Africa Israel Investments, a diversified conglomerate, between 199
Berel Lazar
…City. Since 1990 Lazar has been rabbi of the synagogue in Maryina roshcha District of Moscow. In 1992 Lazar became acquainted with Israeli diamantaire Lev Leviev, who introduced him to Russian businessmen Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. The latter became the major benefactor of the synagogue in Maryina…
Leviev in 2021