Putin claims without proof that airport riots targeting Israelis were staged from Ukraine
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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.