Via BuzzFeed:
Russian police said that over a million people attended the march, which ended with a collective prayer session outside the city’s Swarowski crystal-studded central mosque, Europe’s largest.
Though Russian officials typically inflate attendance at pro-government rallies, Monday’s march, organized by Chechnya’s Putin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov, did attract significant numbers, judging by the photos. Many protesters came from neighboring provinces in the mostly Muslim region of the North Caucasus, Russian media reported.
“Instead of condemning those who opened fire and those who gave cause for this with their caricatures, the French authorities organized a street show in support of all-permissiveness,” Kadyrov said, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant.
Kadyrov added that he suspected Western governments of staging the attacks “to drive a new wave of recruitment for ISIS,” which he said is a front for the CIA.