The events at Makhachkala airport were largely the result of outside interference, said Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman.
Hundreds of people stormed the tarmac in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim republic of Dagestan in the southern Russian Federation, on Sunday evening when it was announced that a plane from Israel would land there.
Before officers could control the situation, the crowd chased the bus with passengers and threw stones at it. Protesters also checked cars leaving the airport for Jews.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that more than 150 participants in the riots had been identified (independent media reported that 1,500 people took part in the incidents) and that 60 suspects had been arrested. Twenty people were injured, five of them are in hospital.
The airport resumed operations on Monday afternoon.
Anti-Semitic riots in Russia. The Kremlin talks about provocation, Zakharova accuses Ukraine
When asked about the events at Makhachkala Airport, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested it was a “provocation from outside.” He argued that against the backdrop of television material showing that “the horrors of what is happening in the Gaza Strip – the deaths of civilians, children, the elderly and doctors – it is very easy for unfriendly people (Russia – ed.) to turn the situation around to provoke and incite.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova spoke in a similar tone, arguing that the riots in Dagestan “are the result of a planned and executed external provocation aimed at undermining harmonious development and ethno-religious unity of the people of the Russian Federation.”
According to her, in carrying out the riots, “a direct and key role was entrusted to the criminal regime in Kiev, which in turn acted through the notorious Russians living there.”
Zakharova is convinced that “a quick and unequivocal response from Russia’s leadership and coordinated, clear and proportionate actions by the country’s law enforcement agencies are a clear answer for all those who hope to sow confusion and discord in Russia.”
Israel calls on authorities in Moscow to offer protection to Jews
Following the events at Makhachkala airport, the Israeli Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Russian authorities to “provide protection to the Israelis.” Netanyahu expressed hope that Moscow would “take decisive action against rioters and incitement to violence against Jews and Israelis.”
Source: Do Rzeczy
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