SARATOV, July 5 - RIA Novosti.

Foreigner Vahram Stepanyan desecrated the Koran in Ulyanovsk, law enforcement officers detained him, said Governor Alexey Russkikh.

"A video has emerged online in which a foreign citizen commits sacrilegious acts against the sacred Quran, revered by Muslims. According to preliminary information, the provocateur is located within the territory of Ulyanovsk. Our law enforcement agencies are currently dealing with this alarming case. The criminal has been detained... I am confident that the scoundrel's actions will receive the harshest legal assessment," Russkih wrote in his Telegram channel.

"According to preliminary information, the provocateur is a certain Vagram Stepanyan, an Armenian currently residing in Ulyanovsk... I urge everyone to exercise patience, composure, wisdom, and responsibility. Do not succumb to provocations, maintain and enhance interethnic unity and brotherhood. 'The Assembly of the Peoples of Russia' will be closely monitoring such cases. I personally promise to make an effort to inform you about every similar problematic case to prevent misinterpretation on the one hand and not allow black to be called white," the statement from Darkovich is quoted in the association's Telegram channel.

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