Moscow. Russia on Monday blamed “external interference” for anti-Israel riots that led to the closure of an airport in Dagestan. Russia’s Interior Ministry said hundreds of anti-Israel protesters were killed shortly after the arrival of a plane from Israel.
Protesters stormed the airport in Makhachkala, after which 60 people were arrested.After a mob attacked an airport in the capital of the southern Russian region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “It is well known and clear that Sunday’s events at Makhachkala airport are largely the result of external interference.”
Without specifying who the Kremlin believed carried out the violence or why, the spokesman used widely seen images of suffering in Gaza to incite people in the predominantly Muslim region in the North Caucasus. did.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Peskov reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was to hold a meeting with his top advisers, including the defense minister and spy chiefs, to discuss ‘the West’s efforts to use events in the Middle East to divide Russian society. ” will be discussed.
