28 October Khasavyurt Residents of
Khasavyurt,
Dagestan, gathered near the Flamingo Hotel after reports that refugees from
Israel were being accommodated there. The protesters demanded that all hotel residents come to the windows to look at them. When the guests did not do this, stones were thrown into the building. Those gathered shouted "
Allahu Akbar" and demanded to check the basements and let them into the hotel. Police arrived and allowed protesters to check the hotel to make sure it was "Jew-free". After this, a message was posted outside the hotel that Jews were prohibited from entering.
Cherkessk An antisemitic rally was held in
Cherkessk, the capital of
Karachay-Cherkessia, demanding "the eviction of ethnic Jews".
Makhachkala Airport A mob stormed
Uytash Airport near
Makhachkala, Dagestan, after the arrival of a
Red Wings flight from
Tel Aviv. Messages spread on
Telegram that a direct flight from Israel was arriving in Dagestan, with calls to come to the airport and prevent the plane from landing. While Russian-language news website
Meduza said that the crowd was made up of "local residents," As indicated on the airport website, the plane from Tel Aviv landed at 19:17 local time. After this, dozens of protesters stormed the airport and reached the runway, 20 people were injured, among them nine police officers, of whom two were injured seriously. The passengers on the plane were unharmed. 150 suspects were identified, while 60 were detained. The Russian civilian aviation agency
Rosaviatsia announced the airport's closure tentatively until 6 November, By the evening of that day, the number of detained increased to 83. On 5 November, the number of detained was reported to be 201, with 155 of them charged. == Reactions ==