The Foreign Ministry considered shameful attempts to justify the statements of Senator Graham

Attempts to justify the “cannibalistic” statements of US Senator Lindsey Graham are shameful and ridiculous. Such a statement done at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

“As in the case of similar cannibalistic fabrications of former US President George W. Bush, ridiculous and shameful excuses were used: they say, the words of the senator were taken out of context, there was a “gluing” and so on. <...> An attempt at justification is doomed to failure. Washing off such words, even if they were uttered separately, is no longer possible, ”the Foreign Ministry stressed.

Senator Graham during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on May 27 named death of Russians “the most successful waste” of the money of the American authorities. Russians are dying <...> We have never spent money so well,” said Graham. The message, which was published by the press service of the Ukrainian president, also mentions the latest US military aid package for Ukraine for $375 million.

Reuters claimsthat Graham’s words were taken out of context. In the version published by Kiev, the newspaper writes, phrases from two different parts of the conversation are combined. According to the agency, the words about the death of the Russians were uttered after Graham’s reasoning about the heroic pages of US history, when Americans “fought to the last man” to be free. After that, Zelensky expressed the hope that the Ukrainians would also be free. Graham responded by remarking that “the Russians are dying,” after which Zelensky said, “Yes, but they came into our territory.” There were no words about the successful investment of American funds in this fragment, writes Reuters.

After speaking about the death of the Russians, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed file a criminal case against Graham. The article is not specified. The press service of the UK called Graham’s words “Russophobic”. Earlier today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation announced Wanted Graham.