The head of the Danish far-right party "Hard Deal" Paludan burned the Koran at a mosque in Copenhagen

This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to AFP.

According to the agency, members of the media became witnesses of the incident.

Earlier, the Russian diplomatic mission condemned the action of burning the Koran, which was held at the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen.

Also, the Danish ambassador in Ankara was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, where they protested that the authorities allowed an action to desecrate the Koran in Copenhagen.

On January 21, Paludan burned the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.

Previously, he received permission from the authorities to hold the action.

On January 22, protesters in Turkey burned the flag of Sweden at the country's Consulate General in Istanbul in response to a provocation with the Koran in Stockholm.