The CNN and two Indian news outlets comments on the pogrom-like situation at the airport of Makhachkala in Dagestan, a Muslim-majority "republic" of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, some other news outlets (invariably Western ones) have chosen to call the pogromists "pro-Palestinian protesters"! Sigh...
It´s difficult to believe that this could have happen without the knowledge of the Russian (and I do mean Russian) authorities. There have been anti-draft protests in Dagestan, and the republic borders Chechnya. Separatist sentiments have existed in Dagestan for a long time. An international airport in Makhachkala seems to be exactly the kind of place where the security presence should be heavy, and yet the crowds could just storm the buildings and the runway!
I can´t help thinking that Putin let it all happen as a kind of safety valve. Maybe it´s a way of redirecting people´s energy away from anti-Russian protests?
It seems the Black Hundreds are back, but this time they are "Green" instead! However, there is still "one ring to rule them all"...in the Kremlin.
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