The White House said Monday that an airport riot against Israeli and Jewish passengers in Russia’s Muslim-majority Dagestan was reminiscent of “pogroms” from previous periods in history.
“Some people will compare it to the pogroms of the late 19th and early 20th century and I think that’s probably an apt description,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing.
He also rejected as “classic Russian rhetoric” allegations by President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine and the West instigated the riot, adding: “The West had nothing to do with this. This is just hate, bigotry and intimidation, pure and simple.”
