Mariah Cain, Staff Writer
Hundreds of men stormed one of the tarmacs at Makhachkala Uytash airport on Sunday night after a plane from Tel Aviv, Israel landed there. Russian President Vladimir Putin called a meeting with his top officials on Monday, one day after the group rushed the airport.
Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim republic with the majority being Sunni Muslims. The airport remained closed until Tuesday morning. “Yesterday’s events at Makhachkala airport are, to a large extent, the result of external interference,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
