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Russian soccer fan apologizes for groping and kissing ‘Deutsche Welle’ reporter on live TV

Source: Meduza

A Russian man named Ruslan has publicly apologized to the Deutsche Wellereporter Juliette Gonzalez Teran, whom he kissed and groped while screaming “Russia is the champion!” during a live broadcast from Moscow on June 14. Seven days later, the man came to Deutsche Welle’s Moscow correspondent point and spoke to Gonzalez Teran via Skype in broken English, admitting that he acted “uncourteously.”

“I thought I was putting my hand on her shoulder, but apparently I missed a little and touched her chest with my left hand,” Ruslan explained, confessing that “a dumb joke about a kiss on the cheek became sexual harassment.” Gonzalez Teran accepted his apology, adding that she “refuses to be a victim.”

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