[7] In Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a local Jewish religious national-cultural community center under construction was set on fire, with the attackers writing "death to the Yahuds" on its wall.

Messages spread on Telegram that a direct flight from Israel was arriving in Dagestan, with calls to come to the airport and prevent the plane from landing.

[18] The head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, called the incident a gross violation of the law, although Dagestanis "sympathize with the suffering of the victims of the actions of unrighteous people and politicians and pray for peace in Palestine".

[19] The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov ordered the Interior Ministry and the National Guard to detain would-be demonstrators in the republic and authorized them to open fire.

[22] President Vladimir Putin ordered a meeting of his top security officials, while his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov blamed the unrest on "outside interference".

[23] Due to concerns over the sensitive nature of their cases, the trials of 140 suspected participants in the riots were moved to Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais.

[19] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is of Jewish descent, blamed Russia's "widespread culture of hatred towards other peoples, which is propagated by state television, experts and authorities", for the events.

[19] Human Rights Watch characterized the Russian response as inadequate, stating that "instead of cracking down on critics, authorities should focus efforts on preventing xenophobic attacks".