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☆ ‘Ghostly’ city: How Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking a toll on its own Belgorod region
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In recent weeks, the Belgorod region has been subject to almost daily shelling and drone attacks. Russian authorities blame Ukraine and report having repelled the attacks, while also admitting destruction and casualties caused by them. The Belgorod region has borne the brunt of the war compared to more distant Russian regions, which have been relatively untouched. The governor of Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on March 23 that 24 people had been killed and 152 injured in the span of less than two weeks. Following a major air attack on Ukraine by Russia overnight into December 29, Kyiv retaliated a day later by targeting the Belgorod region.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, ‘, Timur Khaliullin, ” Khaliullin, “, Khaliullin, Natalia Izotova, ”, Izotova, Gladkov, Kyiv's, Emil Leegunov, we’ve, It’s, ” Elizaveta, Yevhen Titov, Vasily, we’re, ” Vasily, Vladimir Putin, ” Izotova Organizations: CNN, Belgorod Philharmonic, Kyiv, Getty, Victory, Nazi, Reuters, Belgorod Locations: Belgorod, Russia’s, Ukraine, Russia, ”, Russia, Russian, Anadolu, Elizaveta, Kharkiv, Ukraine’s, St, Petersburg, Bryansk, Makhachkala, Grayvoron, Nazi Germany, Ukrainian

☆ Anti-Semitic riot in Russia's Dagestan leaves some local Jews shaken
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] A view of gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in the ancient city of Derbent on the Caspian Sea coast in the Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russia, November 2, 2023. With row after row of gravestones engraved with the Star of David or portraits and pictures of the dead, Derbent's Jewish cemetery gives an indication of how large this coastal city's Jewish population once was. One of a string of enclaves of so-called Mountain Jews that pepper both Russia's Caucasus and neighbouring Azerbaijan, Derbent's Jews still speak a dialect of Persian that evokes their hometown's rich history. Today there are barely 2,000 Jews still living in Dagestan, once home to 10 times that." Alexander Fedotov, who was visiting Derbent's Jewish cemetery with Zoya Solomonova, said he thought the airport riot had been planned by someone intent on spoiling ties between Russia and Israel.

Persons: Kazbek Basayev, Zoya Solomonova, Vladimir Putin, David, Derbent's, Derbent, Shneor Segal, Alexander Fedotov, Eduard Ilgiyaev, I've, I'm, Andrew Osborn, Felix Light, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, West, Star, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Derbent, Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia, St Petersburg, Makhachkala, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Israel, Moscow, Chechnya, Azerbaijan

☆ Opinion: The shocking resurgence of antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Frida Ghitis CNNA few of the rioters carried Palestinian flags, underscoring the obvious link between the attack and the war between Israel and Hamas. In terrifying scenes, the rampaging crowd, some shouting “Allahu akbar,” surrounded passengers, pressuring them to prove they were not Jewish. Universities have become hotbeds of antisemitism, with Jewish students fearing for their safety. (Police have since arrested a Cornell student after he allegedly threatened to kill Jewish students.)

Persons: Frida Ghitis, “ Allahu akbar, ”, —, Christopher Wray, Michael Koplow, “, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin, Hitler, “ I’m, Olaf Scholz, Biden, Israel, that’s, It’s, Vladimir Putin, Rabbi Alexander Boroa, — “ Hitler Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Politics, Frida Ghitis CNN, Hamas, Makhachkala Uytash, United Nations General Assembly, Universities, Cornell University, Ivy League, Police, Cornell, The Cooper Union, Israel, Republican, Boston Marathon, Federation of Jewish Locations: Dagestan, Russian, Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Makhachkala, Russian Republic of Dagestan, Palestine, New York, menacingly, Austria, South Africa, Nicaragua, Germany, Venezuela, Milan, Hamburg, Berlin, Australia, Argentina, Russia, China, United States, Caucusus, Moscow, Ukraine, Washington

☆ Telegram rarely bans channels. Israel-Gaza forced it to step in.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It has also restricted two of Hamas' official channels on Android and iOS devices. Restrictions, not bans — but rare for Telegram nonethelessTelegram, which is known for its message encryption and lax moderation, restricted two official Hamas channels on Android devices earlier this month. The impact of banning Telegram channels remains to be seenAs for Hamas, Telegram has been under pressure for weeks to cut the militant group from its services. Before the restrictions, Hamas' official Telegram channels saw a three-fold jump in followers after the attacks, the Digital Forensic Research Lab reported. Notably, Hamas channels are not the only ones spreading content related to the October 7 attacks, and some of those channels are still available on the platform.

Persons: —, Pavel Durov, Durov, it's, It's, Abu Obaida Organizations: Service, Telegram, Google, Jerusalem Post, Meta, Hong, Kremlin, Makhachkala International Airport, Morning, Apple, Middle East Media Research Institute, Capitol, Forensic Research, Wired, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Human Rights, Hamas, Brigades, DFRLab, CNBC, Washington Post, Palestinian Health Authority Locations: Israel, Ashkelon, Jerusalem, Hong Kong, Gaza, Russia, Dagestan, Tel Aviv, Makhachkala, Morning Dagestan

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Putin says the West is to blame for mob storming Russian airport; U.S. calls the accusation 'absurd'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West and Ukraine of orchestrating an anti-Israel riot in an airport in the Russian republic of Dagestan over the weekend, claiming they stood to benefit from a divided Russia. Today, in my opinion, this has already become obvious and clear to everyone," he said, according to comments published on the Kremlin website. "I have already spoken about attempts to use the dramatic situation in the Middle East, other regional conflicts against our country, against Russia. To do this, they use a variety of means, as we see, the best provocations and sophisticated psychological technologies and information aggression." The White House rejected the allegations with John Kirby, spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, describing them as "classic Russian rhetoric" and saying "the West had nothing to do with this.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, John Kirby, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: West, Kremlin, Security Council, Russia, House, U.S . National Security Council Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Russian, Dagestan, Russia, West, Makhachkala

☆ Dagestan riot: Anti-Jewish protest in Russia’s Dagestan shows risks of Putin’s balancing act on Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Threats to exterminate the Jews are the result of the work of Russian state propaganda, which for decades cultivated feelings of hatred towards other peoples among Russians,” he noted. Kadyrov has also provided footsoldiers for Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Gaza war adds one more match to the fire. Additionally, Russia’s war in Ukraine has impacted Dagestan heavily, with significant casualties. But an anti-Jewish riot in the southern region of Dagestan shows how quickly that model can backfire, particularly for those trapped inside the echo of Russian state propaganda.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, –, Matthew Miller, Israel, ”, Putin, ” Putin, “, Bashar al, Assad, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Strategic Communications John Kirby, “ we’ve, ” Kirby, Volodymyr Zelensky, Oleh Nikolenko, Ramzan Kadyrov, – Kadyrov, Kadyrov, Harold Chambers, Riddle, Yevgenia Albats Organizations: CNN, multiconfessional, Ukraine –, Kremlin, Red Wings Airlines, Tel Aviv –, Jewish, Authorities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamas, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sunday, Saudi, Israeli, National Security, Strategic Communications, ” Observers, Criminal Court, ICC, Russian National Guard, AFP, Getty, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Global Locations: Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala Uytash, Ukraine, Gaza, Tel Aviv, ”, Russian, Makhachkala, Palestine, Beijing, China, Israel, Jerusalem, Moscow, Iran, United States, Chechnya, Chechen, Russia’s, Kremlin, East

☆ Putin wants the world to think the wars in Gaza and Ukraine are a Western plot — and it’s working
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Putin sought to blame Western meddling for an antisemitic riot at a Dagestan airport. The Russian president has long blamed global unrest on Western plots. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. It is the current ruling elites of the US and their satellites who are the main beneficiaries of world instability," Putin said. Russia is exploiting an widening riftOne of Putin's core objectives is to break Western attempts to isolate Russia as punishment for the Ukraine invasion.

Persons: Putin, —, Vladimir Putin, Putin's, Clifford Kupchan, Tatiana Kastueva, Jean, Le, Nathalie Tocci, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Russian Security, AFP, Israel, Analysts, Eurasia Group, New York Times, US, Eurasia Center, French Institute of International Relations, Italian Institute of International Affairs, Guardian, Iran, Gulf, Israel's Locations: Dagestan, Russia, Tel Aviv, Russian, Makhachkala, Ukraine, Israel, AFP, Europe, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, China, New York, Gaza, Moscow, Syria, Washington, Leningrad

☆ Rampage by antisemitic mob puts pressure on Moscow to confront rising ethnic tensions in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

People shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, on Oct. 30, 2023. APMoscow is coming under increasing pressure to protect the country's Jewish community after the latest episode of antisemitism highlighted growing interethnic tensions in Russia. Russia's Jewish populationThe incident in Dagestan highlights wider demographic tensions in Russia, whose population of 144 million is diverse and disparate in terms of ethnicity, religion, culture and language. The latest episode of antisemitic aggression in Dagestan is likely to be very concerning for Jews living in the region, and wider Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting on Jan. 23, 2020, in Jerusalem.

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☆ A mob that stormed a Russian airport hunting for Jews got its marching orders from Telegram. Then the channel lost control.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Their actions seemed directed by a local antisemitic Telegram channel urging people to target Jews. AdvertisementAdvertisementA mob of protesters that ransacked a Russian airport in search of Jews on Sunday was incited by an antisemitic Telegram channel. The crowd at the airport went further than the channel asked, breaking through security cordons and storming through the airport. The identity of the Telegram channel administrator is unclear. Following the mob, Dageston Governor Sergey Melikov told reporters the Telegram channel was run from Ukraine by unnamed "traitors," according to the state-run outlet TASS .

Persons: —, Ilya Ponomarev, Putin, Sergey Melikov, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Sunday, Airport, AP, Red Wings Airlines, Telegram, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, RIA Novosti, Ministry of Health, Financial Times, State Duma, Federal Agency for Air Transport, Israeli Locations: Russia, Israel, Dagestan, Tel Aviv, Makhachkala, Russian, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Moscow claims the West is attempting to 'split Russian society' after airport stormed by mob
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Tupolev Tu-134B passenger plane is seen on the postament next to a sign reading as 'Dagestan' outside the airport in Makhachkala on October 30, 2023. Russian police on October 30, 2023 said they had arrested 60 people suspected of storming an airport in the Muslim-majority Caucasus republic of Dagestan, seeking to attack Jewish passengers coming from Israel. Russia's aviation agency Rosaviatsia said the incident has been brought under control and that 60 people have been detained. The airport, in Makhachkala, remains closed as investigations continue. It has enjoyed constructive ties with Israel, but its divided loyalties have strained relations since Israel declared war on Iran-backed militant group Hamas.

Persons: STRINGER, Rosaviatsia, Israel's Organizations: Tupolev, AFP, Getty, Sunday, Hamas Locations: Dagestan, Makhachkala, Caucasus, Israel, Moscow, Russian, Tel Aviv, Russia, Iran

The government in the predominantly Muslim republic said that the outburst had been calmed and vowed to prevent further clashes. Russian aviation authorities said that the airport, in Makhachkala, the republic’s capital, would reopen on Tuesday. Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, said on Monday that Mr. Putin had been receiving reports about the events in Dagestan. Some people in the videos held Palestinian flags and carried signs opposing the war in Gaza, and some chanted “God is great” in Arabic. The local authorities in Dagestan blamed “extremist” outlets administered by “Russian enemies” for inciting the unrest.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Dmitri S, Peskov, “, ”, Sergei Melikov, Ilya Ponomaryov, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Aric Toler Organizations: The New York Times, Red Wings, The Times, Telegram, Kremlin Locations: Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russian, Tel Aviv, Russia, Kremlin, Israel, North Caucasus, Ukraine, Gaza, ”, Caucasus, Khasavyurt

Some pictures posted online also appeared to show Israeli soldiers waving an Israeli flag deep inside Gaza. Israel has accused Hamas of locating command centres and other military infrastructure in Gaza hospitals, something the group denies. Israel has tightened its blockade and bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border into Israel on Oct. 7. CALLS FOR A PAUSEThe stepped-up attacks by Israel coincided with a mounting international outcry for a "humanitarian pause" to allow aid in. [1/5]Plumes of smoke rise during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, October 29, 2023.

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☆ Telegram to ban channels that called for anti-Semitic riots in Russia's Dagestan - founder
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Telegram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The popular messaging platform Telegram will block channels that called for anti-Semitic violence in Russia's Dagestan region, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Monday. "Channels calling for violence will be blocked for violating the rules of Telegram, Google, Apple and the entire civilised world," Durov wrote on his own Telegram channel. Durov posted a screenshot from "Utro Dagestan" (Morning Dagestan), a channel that contained threats to the tiny community of Jews living in Dagestan. Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Pavel Durov, Durov, Kevin Liffey Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Google, Apple, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dagestan, Russia's, Dagestan's, Makhachkala, Israel

☆ Putin blames West for Gaza crisis, says US needs global chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"They need constant chaos in the Middle East. Russia backs an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a two-state solution. Putin said Russia was fighting the shadowy U.S. forces he blamed for the Middle East crisis on the battlefields of Ukraine. We are Russia and we are fighting them in the context of the 'special military operation'. Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Kevin Liffey; Editing by Andrew OsbornOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Israel, Washington's, Kevin Liffey, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Security Council, Sputnik, REUTERS Acquire, West, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, U.S, Palestine, Dagestan, Makhachkala

☆ Kremlin: Dagestan airport violence result of 'outside influence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People walk as Pro-Palestinian protesters storm an airport building, in Makhachkala, Russia, October 29, 2023, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters. Video Obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the storming of an airport in the capital of the southern Russian region of Dagestan by an anti-Israeli mob on Sunday was the result of "outside influence". In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "It is well known and obvious that yesterday's events around Makhachkala airport are largely the result of outside interference, including information influence." He did not specify who the Kremlin believed had engineered the violence, or why. Russia's interior ministry said on Monday that 60 people had been arrested after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed the airport in Makhachkala on Sunday, shortly after a plane from Israel arrived.

Persons: Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Felix Light, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Makhachkala, Russia, Russian, Dagestan, Gaza, Israel

A crowds gathers at the Makhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) in Dagestan, southern Russia, on October 29. Crowds stormed the runway at Makhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) on October 29. “Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alex Ben Zvi is working with the Russian authorities to secure the well-being of Jews and Israelis at the site,” it added. “The United States vigorously condemns the antisemitic protests in Dagestan, Russia,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson wrote on social media. We call on Russian authorities to ensure their safety,” Lipstadt said.

Persons: ”, Israel, Russia Alex Ben Zvi, Adrienne Watson, Amb, Deborah E, Lipstadt, ” Lipstadt, Sergey Melikov, ” Melikov Organizations: CNN, Dagestan Health Ministry, TASS, Makhachkala Uytash, Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Red Wing Airlines, Sunday, Jewish, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ” National Security, US Locations: Russia’s, Dagestan, Israel, Makhachkala, Tel Aviv, Russia, ”, Gaza, Ramallah, United States, Dagestan Republic

☆ Facts about Russia's republic of Dagestan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Acquire Licensing RightsOct 30 (Reuters) - Twenty people were injured when hundreds of anti-Israeli protesters stormed on Sunday an airport in Russia's Dagestan region before security forces closed the airport and removed the demonstrators. Here are some facts about Russia's mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan, where waves of violence have erupted in the past. * A mountainous territory in the eastern part of the North Caucasus, Dagestan is Russia's most ethnically and linguistically varied region and home to at least 40 different ethnicities. A republic within the Russian Federation, Dagestan's population is about 3.2 million, according to Russia's official figures. * For almost a decade until 2017, Russian security forces were battling an armed insurgency conducted by an array of Islamist militant groups in Dagestan, neighbouring Chechnya and Ingushetia.

Persons: Shamil, Lidia Kelly, Miral Organizations: Reuters, Sunday, Russian Federation, Thomson Locations: Makhachkala, Russia, Russia's Dagestan, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Dagestanis, Nationalities, Russian, Today, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Derbent, Melbourne

☆ Russian security forces remove pro-Palestinian protesters from Dagestan airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Grigory Dukor Acquire Licensing RightsOct 29 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters on Sunday stormed Russia's Dagestan airport in Makhachkala where a plane from Israel had just arrived, forcing Russian security forces to close the airport and divert flights while removing the demonstrators. Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia security forces had removed the group by 10:20 p.m. Moscow time (1920 GMT). The passengers on the plane were "in a safe place", security forces told Reuters. Israel urged Russian authorities to protect Israelis and Jews in their jurisdictions following the reportA statement by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said the Israeli ambassador in Moscow was working with Russian authorities. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was appalled by the events in Dagestan, blaming the events on Russia's official messages about Israel.

Persons: Grigory Dukor, Allahu Akbar, Rosaviatsia, Israel, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Dagestan's, Dan Williams, Ron Popeski, Hugh Lawson, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, Sunday, Russia's, Reuters, Foreign Ministry, Israel, Regional, Thomson Locations: Dagestan, Makhachkala, Israel, Russia's Dagestan, Caucasus, Palestine, Russian, Moscow, Nalchik, Kabardino, Jerusalem, Israeli, Russia

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the landing of an airliner coming from Tel Aviv, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests. Russian news reports said people in the crowd were shouting antisemitic slogans and tried to storm the airliner belonging to Russian carrier Red Wings that had landed from Tel Aviv. Video on social media showed some in the crowd on the landing field waving Palestinian flags.

Organizations: Sunday, Authorities, Red Wings Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Russia's Dagestan, Tel Aviv, Russian, Makhachkala

☆ Airport closed in southern Russia after people pour onto runway, aviation authority says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

An aerial view of the Dagestan capital of Makhachkala March 24, 2012. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor Acquire Licensing RightsOct 29 (Reuters) - An airport in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala was closed on Sunday after a group of people poured onto the runway, the Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia said. Rosaviatsia said all aircraft bound for Makhachkala, in the region of Dagestan, were diverted to other airports. Media reports from the area said demonstrators denouncing Israel's actions in Gaza had thronged the airport. Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Grigory Dukor, Rosaviatsia, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, Media, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dagestan, Makhachkala, Russian, Gaza

☆ Israel urges Russia to protect Israelis, Jews amid Dagestan unrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israel urged Russian authorities on Sunday to protect Israelis and Jews in their jurisdictions following media reports of potential reprisals by pro-Palestinian protesters in the Russian Republic of Dagestan. A statement by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said the Israeli ambassador in Moscow was working with Russian authorities. "The State of Israel views gravely attempts to harm Israelis citizens and Jews anywhere," the statement said. Israeli media aired footage from Makhachkala airport in Dagestan appearing to show scores of youths, incensed at the Gaza war, storming the tarmac in search of passengers from a flight that had been due to land from Tel Aviv. "Israel expects the Russian law enforcement authorities to safeguard all Israeli citizens and Jews, whoever they may be, and to take robust action against the rioters and against the unbridled incitement being directed at Jews and Israelis," the Foreign Ministry statement said.

Persons: Dan Williams, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Russian, Foreign Ministry, Ministry, Thomson Locations: Israel, Russian Republic of Dagestan, Jerusalem, Israeli, Moscow, Makhachkala, Dagestan, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Factbox-Facts About Russia's Republic of Dagestan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Twenty people were injured when hundreds of anti-Israeli protesters stormed on Sunday an airport in Russia's Dagestan region before security forces closed the airport and removed the demonstrators. Here are some facts about Russia's mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan, where waves of violence have erupted in the past. * A mountainous territory in the eastern part of the North Caucasus, Dagestan is Russia's most ethnically and linguistically varied region and home to at least 40 different ethnicities. A republic within the Russian Federation, Dagestan's population is about 3.2 million, according to Russia's official figures. * For almost a decade until 2017, Russian security forces were battling an armed insurgency conducted by an array of Islamist militant groups in Dagestan, neighbouring Chechnya and Ingushetia.

Persons: Shamil, Lidia Kelly, Miral Fahmy Organizations: Reuters, Sunday, Russian Federation Locations: Russia's Dagestan, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Dagestanis, Nationalities, Makhachkala, Russian, Today, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Russia, Derbent, Melbourne

☆ Fact Check-Kyiv club did not hold fire show after deadly blaze in Makhachkala
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The poster was also widely shared on Russia’s VKontakte social network (here), Telegram (t.me/pezdicide/3176), and was published by Russian media (here). The branding for Kyiv’s Forsage club can be seen in the upper left corner (here), though no such poster is on the Forsage club’s social media or website (here). Original posters of Forsage’s events that are shared on social media are strikingly different (here). In a statement on Instagram stories, Forsage said the fire show party poster was fake and was “aimed at inciting hostility” and provocation. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

Persons: Forsage, ”, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Russian, Reuters, Kyiv’s Locations: Kyiv, Makhachkala, Russian, Dagestan, Kiev

☆ Fact Check-Clip of 2014 Russian gas station explosion edited to add light beam
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of a 2014 explosion at a gas station in Russia has been edited to make it appear as if a light beam was responsible for the fire. The earliest iteration Reuters could find of the unedited video was uploaded by a Russian news agency RIA Dagestan on Aug. 9, 2014 (timestamp 1:10) (youtu.be/-zvo7xXs-T0?t=72). The explosion was caused by a gas leak in the city of Makhachkala in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan, an RIA Dagestan report said (here). Reuters located the video to Prospekt Imama Shamilya, Makhachkala – the same location listed in the RIA Dagestan report (bit.ly/3saxAtT). The video has been online since at least August 2014 where no such beam can be seen before the explosion.

Persons: Read Organizations: Naval Research, Reuters Locations: Russia, Russian, Dagestan, Makhachkala, Russia’s Republic of Dagestan

☆ Dagestan: Gas station explosion kills 35, injures dozens in Russian region
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Uliana Pavlova Duarte Mendonca Alex Stambaugh Aruzhan Zeinulla Ivana Kottasová | Uliana Pavlova | Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At least 35 people were killed and dozens more injured when a fire caused an explosion at a gas station in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. Several children were among the dead, according to the head of the Dagestan republic, Sergey Melikov, and at least three bodies were recovered from the rubble, state media agency TASS reported. TASS reported that 80 people were wounded, citing a department of the Russian ministry of health, in an apparent revision of the injury toll that Melikov earlier put at 102. The emergency ministry said it sent a special aircraft to evacuate casualties from the blast to hospitals in Moscow. The Dagestan government declared Tuesday a day of mourning, TASS reported.

Persons: Sergey Melikov, Vladimir Putin “, ”, Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov Organizations: CNN, TASS, Federal Center for Disaster Medicine, Ministry of Health, Russia’s, RIA Novosti, Kremlin Locations: Russian, Dagestan, Dagestan’s, Makhachkal, Moscow, Makhachkala

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