Here are some more quotes from various Russian commentators and officials:
“This is exactly how the Maidan activists behaved in Kiev. Well, yes, the same methodology, the same puppeteers,” says blogger Yuri Podolyaka.
It has already become clear that the organizers of the riots were channels that are associated with the ex-State Duma deputy, white ribbon activist Ilya Ponomarev, who fled to Ukraine.
“The most active resource of the organizers of the pogrom is the telegram channel ‘Morning of Dagestan.’ It was organized by Ilya Ponomarev, a former State Duma deputy, and is now under the control of the SBU. Ponomarev even had an interview earlier on this topic. Other TsIPsO (Center for Information and Psychological Operations of Ukraine) resources are also very actively pushing Dagestanis toward Jewish pogroms.
The purpose with which Zelensky organized the Jewish pogrom in Dagestan was to show Russia as an anti-Semitic country, to glue Hamas and Russia together, to glue Israel and Ukraine together, and ensure that 100 billion US dollars go not to Israel alone, but to Israel and Ukraine in one package, as Biden wants,” explains political scientist Sergei Markov.
But his colleague Alexey Chadayev points to the Turkish trace.
“Colleagues who monitor the information field noted a fairly significant trend towards the growth of the Turkish media presence in Dagestan, primarily in television viewing and social networks. Well, think about how Erdogan’s rally at the airport looked through the eyes of the relevant audience, and the videos from there in chats and forums,” writes Chadayev.
One way or another, on the eve of Saturday it was Ponomarev’s “network” who managed to stage a provocation by throwing in information about Israelis staying in one of the hotels in Khasavyurt. A crowd also arrived there. However, those in charge were unable to stop the process, and on Sunday riots already engulfed the airports of Dagestan.
“It’s obvious that a provocation was being prepared (calls were made in public throughout the day), but was not stopped by the authorities, who, as if on purpose, did not notice the problem,” writes political scientist Ilya Grashchenkov, close to the New People party.
“Firstly, the federal airport could have been better protected. And secondly, in terms of image, for Russia as a country that declares the ideals of peaceful coexistence of all peoples and faiths, everything that is happening is a strong blow.
In principle, already in the morning, it was clear that something out of the ordinary was happening. It was quite possible to transfer police reinforcements to Makhachkala by lunchtime. However, they only realized it late in the evening,” notes political scientist Alexey Pilko.
And TV presenter Maxim Shevchenko believes that the emergency in Dagestan is a blow to Russia’s international image.
“What is happening in Dagestan is real chaos. Transferring blame and spreading hatred to an entire people (in this case anti-Semitism) is disgusting. It is unclear how the authorities of Dagestan allowed this to happen, despite the fact that information about this shameful action was disseminated in public pages all day long. Where are your crowds of Russian Guards?
Although there are a couple of unpleasant considerations about this, such pogroms benefit only Israel, Zionist propaganda, and the enemies of Russia. This action was organized specifically to show the Russian authorities, after the Hamas delegation arrived in Moscow, that it ‘does not control the Russian ummah,’” writes Shevchenko.
“There is another failure in the work of the ‘effective managers’ of the Administration Department, which is responsible for internal policy. Or, there is competent work of the 5th column in power,” comments St. Petersburg journalist Dmitry Borisenko.
“The unrest in Dagestan near the airport began last night when they were waiting for a flight from Israel, and there was time (almost a day) to both correctly disperse the crowd and turn the flight to another nearby airport. But for this you need to think,” points out columnist Yuri Baranchik.
And member of the Human Rights Council Marina Akhmedova draws attention to the behavior of the Dagestan police.
“At the Makhachkala airport, locals stopped a man, mistaking him for a Jew. They checked his passport. He turned out to be a resident of Smolensk, Tajik by nationality. What is surprising in this video is that the police behave very kindly. They probably support those who organize these extra-legal lynchings. And if the police continue to behave with the same “understanding”, and the head of the republic speaks out cautiously about misunderstandings, these lynchings will continue,” warns Akhmedova.
By the end of the day, the local muftiate condemned the rioters. Law enforcement officers began making arrests.
“Afterwards, all these countless young men must go to the SMO as volunteers. Otherwise, this model will be recognized as working, and in the foreseeable future there will be a Jewish pogrom in Moscow,” warns Alexei Zhivov, a volunteer helping the front.