The damage done to the Makhachkala airport as a result of the recent riots has reached 285 million rubles ($3 million), and this number continues to climb, said Khizry Abakarov, a Russian State Duma lawmaker representing the region.

"How much money and effort has been spent on the construction and reconstruction of the entire airport terminal compound at the Makhachkala airport. These are funds that were primarily aimed at making it convenient for Dagestanis to fly to Hajj, at developing tourism, and at making it possible for Dagestanis to earn more money. We have invited expert appraisers who are calculating how much damage all this destruction did. Today, the value of the damage has already reached 285 million rubles, and counting," he said on Telegram.

According to the lawmaker, the rioters, in addition to being prosecuted for the seizure of a strategic site, must compensate financial damages.

"We are also putting them on the airport’s blacklist. They will not be served <...> until all the damages are compensated. No one is allowed to ruin, break someone else's property with impunity," Abakarov said.