A new YouTube video appears to show an employee of the Russian consulate in Rio de Janeiro pursuing and striking a Russian woman who was demonstrating support for Ukraine outside the consulate building.
Brazilian police officers are then shown at the scene, one of whom addresses the man, who had quickly returned to consular grounds.
The man reportedly demanded the woman's smartphone and threatened to "get tougher" with her. Meduza reported that the woman filed a police complaint and said she was subsequently threatened by the consulate.
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