(London, UK) - Scotland Yard is investigating claims that an aide to the mayor of Moscow assaulted a protester during a civic reception at London's City Hall, it emerged yesterday. Detectives are examining footage of a confrontation between Sergi Tsoi, press secretary of Moscow's mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, and gay activist and journalist Nikolai Alekseev, who unfurled a protest banner after Mr Luzhkov joined Ken Livingstone and counterparts from Paris, Berlin and Beijing, on the podium. The fracas, which was broken up by a security guard, occurred as Mr Luzhkov answered questions. It was broadcast to millions of viewers on Russian television.
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