This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin.

“Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged congratulations on the 76th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Taking into account the fact that Victory Day is also officially celebrated in Israel, the President of Russia asked to convey the wishes of health and well-being to the veterans living there, ”the statement says.

The message says that Russia and Israel are jointly opposing attempts to revise the results of World War II, the glorification of Nazism and the denial of the Holocaust.

Earlier it was reported that Netanyahu and Putin had a telephone conversation.