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Elizabeth Tsurkov
Elizabeth Tsurkov (; born November 11, 1986) is a Russian-Israeli researcher who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023, and is being held by the group Kata'ib Hezbollah, an Iraqi militia backed by Iran. The militia had denied involvement in the matter for months. On November 13, 2023, Iraqi television aired a hostage video of her in custody. In January 2025, Iraq's foreign minister confirmed that Tsurkov was alive and that the government in Baghdad was working to release her. Biography Tsurkov was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Russia, to Jewish parents who moved to Israel when Tsurkov was four. During her mandatory service in the IDF, Tsurkov became interested in the Arab world. In 2011, she began learning Levantine Arabic, after finishing her bachelor's degree in international studies. In 2014, Tsurkov was working at the Non-governmental organization, NGO Hotline for Refugees and Migrants. Tsurkov worked as Natan Sharansky's assistant. Tsurkov is a doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |