John Sullivan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and told that Lindsey Graham’s comments would be treated as a serious crime in Russia, calling them “a public, terrorist appeal that is completely unacceptable.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry has protested to the US after a veteran senator called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be assassinated. Moscow officials summoned the US ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, on Saturday and told him that Lindsey Graham’s comments would be treated as a serious crime in Russia. The ministry said in a statement: “This is a public, terrorist appeal that is completely unacceptable.” Ukraine invasion: Latest updates If Washington did not unambiguously condemn the remarks and take concrete measures, it “will have a further devastating effect on Russian-American relations”, the ministry added.
