Beth: An American senator called for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The only way to end the crisis in Ukraine is for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be assassinated by those in his country,” Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham said in a television interview Thursday night.

In his call, he emphasized the killing of Putin, similar to the assassination of Julius Caesar.

And Lindsey Graham published his televised speech with a tweet on his account on “Twitter”, today, Friday: “Is there (Brutus) in Russia, is there a more successful colonel (Staufenberg) in the Russian army?”

Graham was; refers to Brutus; the historical figure who assassinated Julius Caesar; Klaus von Stauffenberg; An army officer who tried and failed to kill Adolf Hitler.

“The only way this will end is if someone in Russia takes this guy out, you’ll do your country - and the world - a great service,” Graham said. “The only people who can fix this are the Russian people.”

The US senator added, “It’s easy to say, it’s hard to do, unless you want to live in darkness for the rest of your life, isolated from the rest of the world in abject poverty, and live in darkness.”

And it wasn’t Graham; The first American figure to call for the assassination of Putin; Sean Hannity put forward; Fox News host, idea of ​​Putin assassination; On an episode of his podcast, “The Sean Hannity Show” a few days ago.

The Russian Embassy in Washington requests an official explanation and condemnation

The Russian Embassy in the United States described the call of US Senator Lindsey Graham to assassinate Putin as criminal.

And the Russian embassy demanded from the United States an official explanation for this matter, and to condemn the statement of the American Senator Lindsey Graham regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On its Facebook account, the Russian embassy said: “We demand an official explanation and strong condemnation of the criminal statements of this American.”

The Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, stressed that Graham’s statement was unacceptable and outrageous, and said in this context: “The degree of Russophobia and hatred in the United States for Russia is beyond its scope. It is impossible to believe that a senator in a country preaches his moral values ​​as a ‘guiding star’ for all of humanity.” He can call for terrorism as a way to achieve Washington’s goals on the international scene.”

The head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington said that he was increasingly afraid of the fate of the United States, which has “irresponsible and unprofessional politicians at its wheel.”