Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Israel's recommendation that its citizens leave Russia's North Caucasus region after a violent anti-Israeli protest in Dagestan on Sunday was "anti-Russian".
“I can’t describe how shocking it is to see neighbors who we played with as children and whom we visited when we went back, turn on our community so violently and so suddenly," Stas Mardakhayev said.
Following a surge in anti-Semitic sentiment in the #Dagestan region of #Russia, the daily housing rental company “#Kak_Doma_05” was accused of providing services to clients from #Israel. The co-owner of the company, 33-year-old #Leila, has recorded a video in which she stated that she would personally evict #Jews if they appeared in one of her 47 apartments.
Antisemitische Übergriffe - Ferne Folgen des Krieges gegen die Ukraine
Die judenfeindlichen Unruhen im Nordkaukasus haben Entsetzen ausgelöst. Die russische Führung behauptet, der Westen und die Ukraine stünden dahinter. Doch die Ursachen sind hausgemacht. Von Silvia Stöber.
Ob #Dagestan oder #Berlin. #Antisemitismus gilt es zu verurteilen und zu verhindern! Er ist durch nichts zu rechtfertigen. Gegen diesen Hass einzustehen ist notwendig, ohne wenn und aber.
Tech companies currently do their own "red-teaming" of products – subjecting them to tests to find potential problems, like #disinformation or #racism. But #Biden's executive order will require the government to set new standards, tools and tests for #RedTeaming – and will require companies to notify the government and share the red-teaming results for #AI products. #AIOversight
The anti-Israeli riot in #Russia’s republic of #Dagestan has exposed the #Kremlin’s failure to maintain stability as it has exerted total control over the country, three Russian officials, a former Kremlin official and independent experts told The Moscow Times. #Israel#Ukraine
#antisemitism is sky rocketing around the world while crowds gather to support #Hamas. In #Dagestan, angry Muslims intercepted a plane from Tel Aviv that landed there, looking for the Jews.
6 months ago many here were vocal in supporting Iranian youth who were protesting the brutal religious oppression they experience in #Iran. Now, folks just want ISIS in Gaza left alone after their attack on innocent Israelis.
Sergei Melikov, Head of Dagestan [a federal subject of the Russian Federation], has condemned the unrest involving the search for Jews at Makhachkala airport, adding that the incitement to it originated in Ukraine. Gulagu.net, a Russian anti-corruption, anti-torture human rights organisation and website, has reported that...
#Dagestan hatte eine massive Übersterblichkeit wegen Covid. Dann wurden viele junge Männer von dort an der Front verheizt. Jetzt richtet sich die Wut gegen Juden anstatt Putin! Merkt euch das: Merke: #Antisemitismus, Schuld auf Juden schieben, ist stets ein willkommenes Mittel, um von wirklichen Problemen abzulenken.
Interestingly, on 22 October 2023 Russian House in #Israel announced a session with #Russia diplomats from... #Dagestan advertising relocation and business opportunities in the republic. The event was posted on their Facebook page (no longer accessible):
If this is true, then yesterday pogrom in Makhachkala was likely triggered by Russia's own attempt to present itself as friendly to Israel citizens rather than some conspiracy from Ukraine as presented by their official channels now.
Antisemitischer Angriff in Dagestan: Mehr als 20 Menschen verletzt
Bei den judenfeindlichen Krawallen im russischen Machatschkala sind offenbar 20 Menschen verletzt worden. Aus den USA und Israel kommt heftige Kritik. Im Nordkaukasus gab es zuletzt mehrere antisemitische Angriffe.
Ongoing antisemitic demonstrations in the Republic of #Dagestan and elsewhere in the North #Caucasus are highlighting heightened interethnic and interreligious tensions in #Russia.
Ukrainian forces advanced near #Bakhmut amid continued offensive operations near Bakhmut and in western #Zaporizhia Oblast on October 29.
v Reuters - quotes from the speech of Israel PM Netanyahu :
ONGOING GROUND OPERATION IN #GAZA IS THE SECOND STAGE OF THE #WAR
WE WILL EXERT EVERY EFFORT TO RETURN #HOSTAGES
THOSE ACCUSING US OF WAR CRIMES ARE HYPOCRITS
THE WAR INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP WILL BE DIFFICULT AND LONG
CAN'T SAY #IRAN WAS INVOLVED IN PLANNING OF OCT. 7 ATTACK BUT THEY FUND #HAMAS
Fears that #Israel or international partners could pressure #Egypt into accepting millions of #Palestinians settling in the #Sinai have abounded for decades in #Cairo: #HosniMubarak strenuously denied reports in 2017 that he had cut a deal with #MargaretThatcher in 1983 to resettle Palestinians exiled in Lebanon in the peninsula, adding that #BenjaminNetanyahu, had also proposed the idea in 2010.
More information about the unrest at the #Makhachkala airport in #Dagestan has come through. Local authorities have said that 20 people were injured before security forces contained the protest, but the passengers on the plane were safe. The Dagestani government has said that it is strengthening security measures across the republic, which is home to about 3 million people. #Russia#Israel#Gaza
Russian police have taken over an airport in the predominantly Muslim #Dagestan region and arrested 60 people after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed the facility on Sunday, October 29, when a plane from #Israel arrived, the interior ministry said on Monday, October 30. #Gaza
Russia says Israeli call for citizens to leave North Caucasus is 'anti-Russian' (www.reuters.com)
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Israel's recommendation that its citizens leave Russia's North Caucasus region after a violent anti-Israeli protest in Dagestan on Sunday was "anti-Russian".
US dismisses Putin’s claim that west was behind Dagestan antisemitic riots (www.theguardian.com)
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby denies any role, saying airport mob was display of ‘hate, bigotry and intimidation, pure and simple’
Russia seeks to link "Ukrainian trail" to anti-Semitic riots in Dagestan (www.pravda.com.ua)
Sergei Melikov, Head of Dagestan [a federal subject of the Russian Federation], has condemned the unrest involving the search for Jews at Makhachkala airport, adding that the incitement to it originated in Ukraine. Gulagu.net, a Russian anti-corruption, anti-torture human rights organisation and website, has reported that...