An antisemitic riot broke out at an airport in Dagestan, Russia, leading to concerns among Russian Jewish leaders who warned of a potential exodus. The attack, which was planned over several days, targeted Jews, as shown in videos circulating on social media. President Putin held a meeting with intelligence chiefs to address the failure to prevent the riot despite prior advertisement. Russian Jewish leaders called for strong action against the organizers and participants of the antisemitic actions.
at an airport in the eastern region of Dagestan , while Russian Jewish leaders warned that their communities could flee the country.Some rioters said they were looking for Jews, in videos circulating on social media . Telegram posts showed the attack was planned over several days. One group issued instructions to followers to make passengers on the plane “renounce their fellow child killers”.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov attributed the attack to “outside interference”. Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Ukraine had played a “direct and key role” in what she called a “provocation”.Russian Jewish leaders called for strong action in response to the riot, which has drawn comparison with historic pogroms in Russia, when Jews were targeted by violent mobs.
Rabbi Alexander Boroda, president of the Russian Federation of Jewish Communities, said that “local authorities were not prepared for such incidents and allowed large-scale violations of law and order… with open threats to Jews and Israelis”.“I call on the country’s leadership… to find and punish all the organisers and participants of these antisemitic actions in the strictest possible manner,” he said.
Rabbi Artur Isakov, based in Dagestan, said many Jewish families were considering fleeing the region in response to rising antisemitism. “The community are afraid, they call but I don’t know what to advise,” he told local media. Several antisemitic incidents have been reported in Russia in recent weeks. A Jewish cultural centre was set on fire in the North Caucasus region last week. A rally calling for the eviction of Jews in neighbouring Cherkessk drew a crowd of hundreds, according to local media.that his office was receiving dozens of enquiries a day from Russian Jews exploring the possibility of emigration, but said the process was being held up in many cases by lengthy security checks.
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