​​Anti-Semitic riot in Dagestan A raging crowd of Dagestani anti-Semites seized the Makhachkala Airport. Hundreds of thugs carrying Palestinian flags are trying to hunt down Israeli citizens and murder them. During clashes with Russian law enforcement, first blood was shed, which means the government is in no control of the situation in Russia’s most explosive region. The current unrest unfolding on an ethnic basis is the most massive one since Vladimir Putin took power because previously any such unrest would seem simply unfathomable in the region where security forces control pretty much everything. Besides, this unrest doesn’t look good from oh so many angles. While Russian propaganda is foaming at the mouth trying to confirm its own myth of “Nazism” in Ukraine, genuine Islamofascism is blooming in Russia. Raging crowds of Dagestanis are ready to literally slay or stone people any Jews they come across – all in a sign of solidarity with Hamas terrorists in Palestine. Given the long-established close ties between the GRU and Hamas, it can be assumed that the Russian intelligence services are interested in strengthening brotherly connection between Palestinian extremists and the Kremlin by shedding Jewish blood – so to speak, demonstrating unambiguous solidarity with the radical part of the Arab-Muslim community. The apparent success of Iranian intelligence and the IRGC on Russian soil must be noted separately. It is clear to the naked eye that the tools and slogans used by the instigators of Makhachkala riots fully mirror the anti-Semitic rhetoric promoted by Tehran, so here we see a peculiar episode of the Islamic Revolution being exported to Russia. The surge of belligerent anti-Semitism leads to the collapse of the myth of multinational harmony, which supposedly reigned over Russia’s vast lands from time immemorial, emphasizing its uniqueness. Instead, we’re seeing an ultimate aggravation in the ethno-religious confrontation between Islam and Judaism. This might eventually lead to a liquidation of the Jewish Autonomous Region, which would already be an encroachment on Russia’s territorial structure. At the same time, the voice of the Russian Orthodox Church that would call for cutting the idea of the porgroms at the roots is almost inaudible. Either the ROC condones anti-Jewish hysteria, or it also fears becoming the object of jihadist attacks. In fact, we are on the verge of a major religious war between Orthodoxy and Islam for the minds and souls of average Russians. Moreover, as a result of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian Muslims no longer fear the Kremlin. Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov has partly contributed to this process as Moscow officials seem frankly intimidated by him so Putin is forced to keep accepting Kadyrov’s calls for meetings to regularly satisfy his funding wishes. Another implication of the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine is massive imbalance within the security bloc. Plenty of valuable and patriotic operatives have already been killed in action on Ukraine’s battlefields, while an atmosphere of opportunism, mediocrity, and negative selection prevails in these agencies. In other words, the entire security apparatus has been weakened, which is why law enforcers in Makhachkala are unable to tame the rebels so they are watching the events unfold as extras in feature films. Authorities on the ground fulfill Kremlin's orders rather poorly, to say the least, which hurts the integrity of central power in Russia as such. Accordingly, if an anti-Putin riot suddenly breaks out in Moscow, involving the seizure of government buildings, then it will probably be extremely difficult for the Kremlin to stop the destructive flywheel. Thus, the Dagestani anti-Semitic riot is likely a prelude to some more massive events that could change Russia beyond recognition.