US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby denies any role, saying airport mob was display of ‘hate, bigotry and intimidation, pure and simple’
The United States has dismissed Russia’s attempt to blame Ukraine and the west for an antisemitic riot at an airport in Muslim-majority Dagestan.
President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine and “agents of western special services” after a mob descended on Makhachkala airport in Russia’s North Caucasus on Sunday evening in search of Jewish passengers on a plane that arrived from Israel.
