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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth

Russia blames Ukraine for antisemitic riot at airport in Dagestan

Video footage posted on Telegram shows protesters on the runway of Makhachkala airport.
Video footage posted on Telegram shows protesters on the runway of Makhachkala airport. Photograph: Telegram/@askrasul/AFP/Getty Images

Russia has blamed Ukraine for the antisemitic riot in the mostly Muslim region of Dagestan on Sunday in which an angry mob stormed the airport in Makhachkala in search of Jewish passengers arriving from Israel.

Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Monday that the riot was the result of a “provocation” orchestrated from outside Russia, with Ukraine playing a “direct and key role”.

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