Peskov told what issues were discussed at the meeting on the situation in Dagestan

The meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place after the riots at the Dagestan airport, was devoted to measures to prevent similar situations in the future, the head of state’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.”

The meeting with the president was “long and substantive”; it lasted almost two hours, the Kremlin spokesman noted. The meeting participants after the events in Dagestan discussed “both the internal aspect and the international aspect.”

“This is also the need to take measures to prevent such interference in the future. Therefore, it was such a rather rich conversation in line with the assessments that the president gave in his initial speech,” said Peskov (quote from TASS).

On the evening of October 30, Putin held a large meeting dedicated to the issues of attempts by Western countries to influence the situation inside Russia through the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The meeting was attended by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin and others.

During the open part of the meeting, Putin emphasized that the events in Makhachkala were inspired from abroad, including with the participation of the Ukrainian special services and their Western patrons.

On October 29, a crowd of people burst into Makhachkala airport as a flight from Israel arrived. The Investigative Committee for Dagestan opened a criminal case under Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (mass riots). According to the latest data, detained 83 protest participants. Airport operations were suspended until midday on October 30.

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, said that the unrest was preceded by calls disseminated by pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels. He noted that the regional authorities have reliable information that the “Morning Dagestan” channel, which was subsequently deleted by the Telegram administration for calling for violence, was conducted from Ukraine.