Anti-Israeli mob storms Russian airport 

Police shut down an airport in predominantly Muslim Dagestan after hundreds of anti-Jewish protesters stormed onto the tarmac looking for Israeli passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv 

Sheikh Rawie Gaynetdin: Grand Mufti and leader of Russia's 14 million-plus Muslims 

NORWAY 
Murmansk 
St Petersburg 
Moscow 
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
TATARSTAN
BASHKORTOSTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
MONGOLIA
CHINA
JAPAN
Vladivostok
800km 500miles


RUSSIA
CHECHNYA 
KARACHAY-CHERKESSIA
KABARDINO- BALKARIA
Grozny
DAGESTAN
INGUSHETIA
NORTH OSSETIA
AZERBAIJAN
GEORGIA
TURKEY
ARMENIA
Tbilisi
CASPIAN SEA
Baku

Makhachkala airport: Russia’s civil aviation agency suspending all flights until Nov 6
BLACK SEA
200km  125 miles

Percentage of Muslims in Russian republics (2021)


Ingushetia 96.0% 
Chechnya   95.0%
Dagestan   83.0% 
Karachay-Cherkessia 64.2%
Kabardino-Balkaria  55.4%
Tatarstan 53.8% 
Bashkortostan 35.3%
North Ossetia 30.0%


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Sources: Associated Press, The Moscow Times
Picture: Getty Images