Russia issues arrest warrant for Sen. Lindsey Graham

Russia's Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.

In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that was released by Zelenskyy's office, Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, noted that “the Russians are dying” and described the U.S. military assistance to the country as “the best money we’ve ever spent.”

While Graham appeared to have made the remarks in different parts of the conversation, the short video by Ukraine's presidential office put them next to each other, causing outrage in Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented Sunday by saying that “it's hard to imagine a greater shame for the country than having such senators.”

The Investigative Committee, the country's top criminal investigation agency, has moved to open a criminal inquiry against Graham, and the Interior Ministry followed up by issuing a warrant for his arrest as indicated Monday by its official record of wanted criminal suspects.

[evawilson]

We don't need to trade anyone they can have him.

[garyconway]

sounds like a deal made in heaven. One one way flight to Russia and one of America's waste of space losers is gone forever. Thank you Russia

[turnbuckle]

I look forward to Russia catching him, and I could suggest a number of other neocons they could catch as well.

[jasonjohnson]

Trade him for the Washington post reporter. A fair trade.

[braedonsmith]

I hope they get him. God speed to the Russians on this certain thing.

[democracy]

The only badge of honor Lyndsey Graham can get us from Russia.... WOW

[grockreddeck]

They should try to trade Lindsey for one of the American hostages.

[patstevens]

Someone's going to be "getting the vapors!".

[lexicat]

I hope he has lots of windows in his office!

[davaughnallen]

We turning him in or nah? we shouldn't harbor criminals... maybe we could trade him for some oil... js

[gedenironald]

Oh he is scared now, He must make sure not to go to Europe, Africa, South America, Mexico and even Asia. He can only visit Canada but I suspect Canada can't even guarantee his safety. My advice, stay away from windows.🤣🤣🤣

[guymello]

I think we should trade Linsey for the true Americans imprisoned in Russia.

[Hello-lhys]

A Russian Win is a Win for democracy. 🇷🇺

[baase]

Might bring you joy but you definitely need to chose your visits abroad very carefully from now on.

[edwardroche]

We got to worry about this, since when does Lindsey Graham fall onto the right side of an issue?

[oldsckool]

This is why he needs the military 👈 another rich politicians . . who don't really Care about the poor and people who are struggling . . But judgement day is still coming 📖

[yduvxig]

I feel like we should just let them take him.

[marcuslegion]

Yes please arrest him!!! They would be doing us a favour 😂😂

[lordlee]

Lol. Badge of honor. Yeah, let’s see how long it takes for the reality to sink in

[cattigereyes]

Russia issued a big bounty for delivering this criminal to Russia. 🎉