An anti-Jewish riot in Russia's Dagestan region shows the risks of Putin's balancing act on Hamas

Images of antisemitic rioters overrunning an airport in Dagestan’s Makhachkala Uytash Airport have shaken Russia’s Jewish community, stoked international outrage and raised serious questions about the blowback from Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine – now in the Russian leader’s view directly linked to events in Gaza.

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