The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has ordered police to shoot protesters in the context of the Israel-Hamas war to prevent violent anti-Semitic mobs like those that gathered in neighboring Dagestan last weekend, DPA reports.

It will be recalled that on Sunday, an anti-Jewish crowd broke into the airport of the capital of Dagestan, Makhachikal, and attacked people who had arrived by plane from Tel Aviv. More than 20 people were injured, and another 83 were detained, local officials said.

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Chechnya and Dagestan are semi-autonomous Russian republics located in the North Caucasus. They have a predominantly Muslim population.

The Russian state news agency RIA “Novosti” writes that Ramzan Kadyrov said at a meeting of the regional government of Chechnya in Grozny that anyone who takes part in such demonstrations will be detained and sent to prison.

If someone resists, the police must fire three warning shots. “After that, if the person still breaks the law, shoot a fourth shot in the head! He won’t do it again. This is my order,” Kadyrov said, DPA writes, Agerpres reports.

Like the Kremlin, Kadyrov accused the West of inciting an anti-Semitic attack in Dagestan.

Kremlin: The incident in Dagestan was caused by “external interference”

According to the latest information from the Russian authorities, more than 20 people, including police officers, were injured as a result of the incidents, and 83 people were detained. The authorities and religious leaders of Dagestan condemned the incident, calling it a “provocation”.

Dmytro Peskov also spoke about the “external influence” on the incident on Monday.

“It is common knowledge and obvious that yesterday’s events around Mahachikala airport are the result of external interference, including influence peddling,” he said, adding that the “criminals” used images of Palestinian suffering in the Gaza Strip to inflame spirits in the country. Dagestan. He did not specify who the Kremlin suspects of organizing the incident.

However, Russian diplomacy soon accused Ukraine of playing a “key role” in the anti-Israel riots that broke out at the Dagestan airport. These riots were “the result of a planned and externally controlled provocation,” in which Kyiv played a “key and direct” role, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.

Washington calls Moscow’s accusations “absurd”.

The United States has described as “absurd” Russian accusations that Ukraine played a “key role” in anti-Israel riots at an airport in Dagestan, a predominantly Muslim Russian republic in the Caucasus, on Sunday.

“I have seen their comments blaming Ukraine, and they are absurd (…) We believe that instead they should bring the perpetrators to justice,” US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told the media.

“We call on the Russian authorities to publicly condemn these violent demonstrations and ensure the safety of Israelis and Jews in Russia,” the US diplomatic spokesman added.