Israel's Netanyahu will fly to Moscow on Wednesday - aide

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Washington for the unveiling of a U.S. plan for Middle East peace, will fly to Moscow on Wednesday, an Israeli official said.

The official said Netanyahu wanted to brief Russian President Vladimir Putin on the peace plan.

Israeli media suggested that Netanyahu may also hope to repatriate Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman imprisoned by Russia on a drug conviction that the Netanyahu government has contested as too harsh.