An angry mob stormed an airport in the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan last year
A Russian court has handed lengthy prison sentences to five men convicted of participating in the 2023 anti-Jewish riot in the Muslim-majority region of Dagestan.
The beginning of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza has sparked a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in the Muslim-majority republics of Russia’s North Caucasus, where local politicians and celebrities often speak out in solidarity with the Palestinians.
On October 29, a large mob chanting anti-Semitic slogans broke through the security perimeter of the Makhachkala International Airport and ran onto the tarmac. It was later determined that the rioters had believed rumors on Telegram and social media that a plane arriving from Tel Aviv was carrying “Jewish refugees.”
The rioters clashed with security guards and police, as well as paralyzed the work of the airport and caused extensive damage to the…