Moscow police investigate a video showing a burning Quran

Moscow police have opened a criminal case regarding a video that was posted online and shows a burning Quran, reports TASS.

The police reported that the incident took place in Moscow’s eastern district. They are currently searching for the suspect.

Chechnya head Ramzan Kadyrov commented on the video, calling it “suspicious” that the clip appeared “after the issue of building a mosque in Moscow was resolved.” He expressed the belief that desecrating a Quran is a “calling card and an instrument of western liberal provocateurs.”

“Techies have already established that the video was sent to Ukraine before it even made the rounds on messaging apps. It’s not the first time Ukrainian provocateurs have burned the Holy Scriptures, just like all the West’s liberal human rights defenders love to do. The provocateur’s identity will be established in the near future, and he’ll suffer a well-deserved punishment,” wrote Kadyrov on Telegram.