`The Cabinet decided to appoint Zvi Heifetz Ambassador to Russia instead of Dorit Golender, who is finishing her work there,` the Israeli government stated.
Golender served as the Israeli ambassador to Russia from 2010-2015.
According to media reports, Russian-born Heifetz previously worked in Moscow in 1989 as part of a group of Israeli diplomats at the Embassy of the Netherlands.
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