27 people were arrested in the case of mass riots in Makhachkala

The number of people arrested in the case of mass riots in Makhachkala has grown to 27. This is reported by “Mediazona” with reference to the data of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, in which decisions on placement in pre-trial detention centers are appealed.

At the moment, the court database lists 27 complaints about arrests under the article of participation in mass riots. The court has already considered 17 complaints and left the participants in the riot case in pretrial detention. The day before, the press service of the court confirmed to “Mediazone” that the arrests are related to the case of disturbances at the Makhachkala airport.

Earlier in Dagestan, at least 336 protocols on minor administrative articles were drawn up against participants in anti-Semitic riots. Mainly according to the article on violation of the rules for holding rallies.

The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch calls the reaction of the Russian authorities to anti-Semitic demonstrations in the North Caucasus inadequate to what happened. Such a reaction to pogroms is significantly different from the level of persecution of participants in peaceful political actions. Instead of suppressing critics, the authorities should focus their efforts on preventing xenophobic attacks, human rights activists believe.

• On October 29, several hundred people seized the Makhachkala airport, trying to find Jews among the passengers of the flight from Tel Aviv. Against the backdrop of Israel’s actions in Gaza, those gathered demanded the expulsion of Jews from Dagestan. The local police only tried to calm the crowd. After the people broke through to the airfield, the Russian Guard soldiers entered the airport, the damage to which, according to official data, was estimated at hundreds of millions of rubles. About 20 people were injured in clashes with the Russian Guard.
• Representatives of the Russian authorities, including President Vladimir Putin, claim that the riots were organized from abroad, in particular from Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities deny this.