DERBENT, Russia (Reuters) - There were few visitors to Derbent's sprawling Jewish cemetery in Russian's Muslim-majority Dagestan region on Thursday, b.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyPresident Vladimir Putin was the rarest of things: a Russian strongman who was proud to boast of his positive relationship with the Jewish community after centuries of pogroms and antisemitism which blighted both imperial Russia and the Soviet Union.Putin was, in 2005, the first Russian leader to visit Israel, where he staged an emotional reunion with a former high school teacher. He elevated his Jewish childhood friends Arkady and Boris
Moscow is coming under increasing pressure to protect the country's Jewish community after the latest episode of antisemitsm highlighted interethnic tensions.
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.
Moscow is coming under increasing pressure to protect the country’s Jewish community after the latest episode of antisemitsm highlighted interethnic tensions.