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Three Russian reporters joined the #MeToo movement accusing the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian Parliament, Leonid Slutsky of sexual harassment.Yekaterina Kotrikadze, deputy editor of RTVI, a Russian-language television channel based in New York, Farida Rustamova, BBC Russia service journalist, and Darya Zhuk, independent TV-Rain producer, shared their stories publicly, saying Slutsky made crude, unwanted advances, trying to kiss them and touching them inappropriately.The lawmaker denied categorically all accusations but on March 8, celebrated in Russia as Women’s Day, posted on his Facebook page a message, some interpreted as an apology, although he did not admit the wrongdoing and he did not mention any of the three reporters.Slutsky congratulated all Russian women and asked for forgiveness, if he had ever" hurt any of them "with no ill intentions."The Speaker of Russian Parliament
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