Putin claims without proof that airport riots targeting Israelis were staged from Ukraine
apnews.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to deflect blame from the Kremlin for a riot in the southern region of Dagestan that targeted a flight from Israel, charging without evidence that Ukrainian agents of Western spy agencies were behind the rampage.

Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported.

Russian news reports said the crowd surrounded the airliner, which belonged to Russian carrier Red Wings.

Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. Dagestan’s Ministry of Health said more than 20 people were injured, with two in critical condition. It said the injured included police officers and civilians.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Jew-hate is alive and well in the country purporting to be stamping out neo-nazis in Ukraine. The irony needs no seasoning.

    • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      As far as I understand; nazi, in russian, translates to “western European russophobic”. I suspect many Russians are scarcely aware that Nazi Germany did something to Jews.

  • PatFusty@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Didnt russia invade ukraine because there were nazis in the country that need to be fleshed out or something? Is it time russia invades russia?

        • GreenM@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Don’t they have Russian “passport” ? How can you tell Russian apart? Are e.g Siberians also not Russians ?

          • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            They are citizens of Russia, but not Russians ethnically. Just like a Japanese person with a US passport is not suddenly white person of European descent.

            • GreenM@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Japanese who is also US citizen is American .
              Also Russian is not race , Western Russian are mostly Caucasian, which is probably what you call white person of European decent. So according to your logic , There are no Russians in Russia 😅 👍

  • biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Journalist really need to acquire the knowledge of Arabs being also a Semitic population. The exclusive use of the Semitic label for Israel and the Jews in general is just one more disgrace in this whole story.

      • biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So I am a nerd and being downvoted for pointing this obvious mistake?

        It is like in the 2nd chapter of the fairytale the Israelis and all the others in the region based all their lore on. And it is relevant to the article since in it it’s stated that there were Palestinian flags brought by the protesters.