▁Roman ▁Abr am ov ich . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁J TA , ▁Put in ▁is ▁popular ▁amongst ▁the ▁Russian ▁Jewish ▁community , ▁who ▁see ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁force ▁for ▁stability . ▁Russia ' s ▁chief ▁ra bbi , ▁Ber el ▁Laz ar , ▁said ▁Put in ▁" pa id ▁great ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁our ▁community ▁and ▁related ▁to ▁us ▁with ▁a ▁deep ▁respect ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Ron ald ▁S . ▁La uder , ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Jewish ▁Congress , ▁also ▁pra ised ▁Put in ▁for ▁making ▁Russia ▁" a ▁country ▁where ▁Jews ▁are ▁welcome ". ▁ ▁Military ▁development ▁▁ ▁The ▁res umption ▁of ▁long - distance ▁fl ights ▁of ▁Russia ' s ▁strateg ic ▁bom bers ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁announ cement ▁by ▁Russian ▁Def ense ▁Minister ▁An at oli y ▁Ser dy uk ov ▁during ▁his ▁meeting ▁with ▁Put in ▁on ▁ 5 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁that ▁ 1 1 ▁ships , ▁including ▁the ▁aircraft ▁car rier ▁K uz net so v , ▁would ▁take ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁n avy ▁sortie ▁into ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁since ▁Soviet ▁times . ▁The ▁sortie ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁back ed ▁up ▁by ▁ 4 7   air craft , ▁including ▁strateg ic ▁bom bers . ▁ ▁While ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁Russia ▁started ▁placing ▁more ▁money ▁into ▁its ▁military ▁and ▁defense ▁industry , ▁it ▁was ▁only ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁that ▁the ▁full