Russian TV Shows U.S. Diplomat Decked by Embassy Policeman
- Guard seen wrestling with alleged CIA agent at embassy’s door
- Video appears to contradict Russian Foreign Ministry’s version
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Russian television broadcast footage of a policeman tackling a man the report said was an undercover CIA agent trying to enter the U.S. embassy in Moscow without identifying himself.
In the grainy, approximately 15-second clip, the man exits a taxi and is almost immediately tackled by a policeman who emerges from a guard box and wrestles him to the ground. In the ensuing struggle, the man manages to push himself through a door into the embassy compound, while the officer attempts to pin him down.