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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth

Russia makes 80 arrests after antisemitic rioting at Dagestan airport

Airport terminal with crowds of people entering and officers in foreground
Officers enforcing security at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan on Tuesday after people stormed the tarmac on Sunday. Photograph: Kazbek Basayev/Reuters

Russia has detained more than 80 people in connection with the antisemitic rioting on Sunday in which hundreds of young men stormed an international airport in Dagestan to stop Jews from disembarking from a flight from Tel Aviv.

Five people have received jail sentences of six to 10 days for petty hooliganism, and federal investigators said they had opened a criminal case for mass rioting, which carries a maximum sentence of eight to 15 years in prison. It is not clear whether anyone has been charged in that case yet.

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