Russia blames “external interference” after rioters stormed an airport in the country’s Dagestan region in a hunt for Israelis and Jews aboard a flight from Tel Aviv, Ednews reports citing The Times of Israel.
“Yesterday’s events at Makhachkala airport are, to a large extent, the result of external interference,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells reporters.
President Vladimir Putin is due to hold a meeting with his top advisers, including the defense minister and spy chiefs, later today to discuss “the West’s attempts to use the events in the Middle East to split Russian society,” Peskov adds.