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A senior Australian Coalition politician has been outed visiting a Russian strip club, where he wound up stripped to his underpants and handcuffed to a pole.
New Nationals' deputy leader Nigel Scullion was attending an international fisheries conference in 1998 when he made the off-the-agenda visit.
"The partly-clothed senator fled the St Petersberg joint after a fight broke out between Russian sailors and other patrons," the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported.
"Over the years, he has relayed his experiences in Russia in conversations with former colleagues."
The revelation comes after Labor leader, and then prime ministerial aspirant, Kevin Rudd was outed four months ago for visiting New York strip club Scores in 2003.
- AAP