In Moscow's Shadows 121: Making Sense of Makhachkala

What can we learn from the ugly anti-Semitic riot at Makhachkala airport? Officially sanctioned, foreign-inspired subversion, a symptom of state failure or societal anti-Semitism? I don't think any of these capture the significance of the incident, but instead it highlights some fundamental challenges for Moscow, and reasons why the North Caucasus is almost uniquely problematic for the regime.The Moscow Times article by Almut Rochowanski that I mention is here.The podcast's corporate partner ...