Dagestan’s Ministry of Health said more than 20 people were hurt, with two in a critical condition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called a meeting of top security and police officials – the day after a mob stormed an airport in the region of Dagestan after a plane from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv landed there.
Video and photographs on social media showed some in the crowd waving Palestinian flags and some trying to overturn a police car. “It is well known and obvious that yesterday’s event around the Makhachkala airport is largely the result of outside interference, including information influence from outside,” Mr Peskov told reporters at his daily news conference.
Russia has issued carefully calibrated criticism of both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas, a conflict that is giving Moscow bold new opportunities — to advance its role as a global power broker and challenge western efforts to isolate it over Ukraine. Dagestan govenor Mr Melikov promised consequences for anyone who took part in the violence, and wrote on Telegram that what happened at the airport was “outrageous and should receive an appropriate assessment from law enforcement agencies”.
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