The Kremlin: the reason for the anti-Semitic action in Dagestan
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On Monday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a “big meeting” in Novo-Ogaryov in connection with the anti-Semitic riots that took place the day before at the Makhachkala airport, during which the mob almost killed people who had flown in from Israel.
The press secretary of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov informed about the preparatory meeting with the participation of almost all members of the Security Council.
Putin himself has not yet spoken about the riots. Peskov said that “the events around the Makhachkala airport are largely the result of outside interference.” The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke out even more decisively, saying that Ukraine was allegedly involved in the organization of the riots. It was rejected in Kyiv. A number of other officials and pro-Kremlin figures also hint at the possible involvement of Western countries in the unrest. As Peskov put it, the meeting with Putin will discuss “the West’s attempts to use events in the Middle East to split Russian society.”
On the evening of Sunday, October 29, from several hundred to one and a half thousand people seized the Makhachkala airport, coming there with an anti-Semitic protest before the arrival of a flight from Tel Aviv. Those gathered protested against Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip and demanded the expulsion of Jews from the region.
On Monday morning, Israeli mass media published the stories of eyewitnesses who flew on a Red Wings flight from Tel Aviv to Makhachkala. The Ynet portal reports the story of a 26-year-old resident of Jerusalem named Shmuel, who, according to him, flew to Dagestan to meet his bride who lives there. He says that there were 15 Israelis on board the plane, including children. Most of them flew to Moscow with a transfer in Makhachkala.
According to him, the police evacuated the passengers to the bus, which started driving on the airfield, after which the crowd ran and threw stones at it. “At some point, the crowd managed to stop the bus. They went inside, went from person to person and asked them if they were Muslims or Jews. I said that I was a Muslim because I was scared. Fortunately, they believed me and left further”.
Then, according to an eyewitness, the passengers on the same bus were taken to the airport’s VIP hall, where they were placed under security. Four hours later, a Russian army helicopter arrived on the scene, on which he and other Israelis were evacuated to a Russian military base, having previously dispersed the crowd with shots in the air. On Monday morning, those wishing to continue their journey were offered a flight to Moscow.
Representatives of the Russian authorities and pro-Kremlin commentators support their claims of “external interference” by pointing out that one of the telegram channels that contained calls for anti-Semitic actions, Utro Dagestan, is allegedly connected to the Ukrainian special services. Ilya Ponomarev, a former deputy of the State Duma living in Kyiv, a supporter of the armed struggle against the Kremlin, previously stated that he had something to do with the creation of this channel, but he denies that he is now somehow connected with it.
The reason for the anti-Semitic action was the conflict in the Middle East, which sharply escalated after the attack of the Hamas group on Israel and the start of Israel’s retaliatory operation in the Gaza Strip. A significant number of pro-Kremlin commentators sharply criticize Israel. Among the officials, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, allows himself the harshest criticism. Mass actions in support of Palestine were also held earlier in a number of republics of the North Caucasus, some of which sounded anti-Semitic slogans. Officials did not speak out in support of anti-Semitic actions. Muftis of the North Caucasus condemned them.
The head of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Alexander Boroda called on the authorities to find and punish the organizers and participants of the attack on the airport in Makhachkala. His statement is quoted by Medusa. Boroda also called on the Russian authorities to “pay great attention to how events in the Middle East are covered”, “so that people do not come to one-sided and radical views”.
Meduza, citing sources in the Kremlin, confirms that the events in Dagestan came as a surprise to the presidential administration. At the same time, “Meduza” sources do not expect serious staff reshuffles and any political consequences: “they forgot about the Wagner revolt. They will forget this too.”
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