Russian TV shows alleged US Embassy scuffle
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MOSCOW - A state-owned Russian television station is showing video of what it claims to be a brawl between an alleged US spy and a Russian security guard at an entrance to the American Embassy in Moscow.
The video shown Thursday by the NTV channel follows a Washington Post column reporting that sources said a US diplomat was beaten up by a Russian guard outside the embassy.
NTV declined to clarify the source for its video, which shows a man exiting a taxi in an area resembling an embassy entrance and striding toward the doors without presenting identification. The guard bursts out of a sentry box and tackles the man, who is able to crawl through the entrance doors.
A US Embassy spokesman had no immediate comment on the NTV report.
