PM asks Russian FM to help secure Gilad Schalit's release.
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday afternoon, and asked him to "put heavy pressure on Hamas."Netanyahu asked Lavrov to use Russia's ties with the terror organization to help free captive soldier Gilad Schalit.RELATED:FM: Iran is the biggest threat in the Middle EastAviva Schalit: Failure in talksRussia to continue ties with HamasLavrov had met with Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman earlier Tuesday, who criticized the Russian FM for his country's continued ties to Hamas.Lavrov plans to continue to Ramallah and Cairo on his trip to the Middle East.The latest appeal from Netanyahu comes on the third day of the continuing "Freedom March" in solidarity with Schalit. The soldier's mother, Aviva Schalit, said that the Israeli government had failed a number of times in negotiating her son's release.
