Washington , May 29, 2023, 19:01 - IA Regnum. US Senator Lindsey Graham expressed extreme joy at the "anger" of the Russian authorities after his words in support of Ukraine. He announced this on Twitter on Monday, May 29.
"Knowing that my commitment to Ukraine has caused anger brings me great joy," he wrote on the social network.
As IA Regnum reported, Graham said earlier that Washington had never spent money "so successfully" as in the process of the death of Russians in Ukraine . A video of his words spoken at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky circulated online over the weekend.
The Kremlin immediately reacted to Graham's words: Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, said that it was hard to imagine what could be a greater shame for the country than such statements by its senator. In turn, the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case because of Graham's Russophobic statements.
Soon there were reports that the senator did not call the death of the Russians a good waste of money. This, as reported by the Reuters agency, is allegedly evidenced by a full video recording of his meeting with the President of Ukraine. In the shortened version of the video, Graham's phrases about the death of Russians and the waste of money by the States follow each other, but they were said at different times, and the words about "good luck" implied the general support of Ukraine from the United States.
However, the Russian Foreign Ministry considered shameful statements that Graham's words were taken out of context. In a statement, the agency noted that widespread outrage over his remarks simply forced the Western media to try to rectify the situation. The Foreign Ministry noted that they had no doubt that Western opponents in such a situation would “turn on a fool.”
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Political scientist Voiko: Ukraine specially published a video with the words of Senator Graham about the murder of Russians
Moscow , May 29, 2023, 14:00 - IA Regnum. Moscow’s wanted list of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and the Kremlin’s sharp criticism of his statements is a wave of reactions that the Ukrainian government was counting on when publishing a video from the U.S. Senator’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This opinion was shared in an interview with IA Regnum by an associate professor of the Department of Political Science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, political scientist Evgenia Voiko.
Earlier, a US senator from South Carolina said at a meeting with the Ukrainian president that the death of Russians during the conflict in Ukraine is the most successful waste of money by Washington. A record with a statement by Lindsey Graham appeared on the Internet resources of the Ukrainian leader.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs put US Senator Graham on the wanted list, against whom the chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to initiate a criminal case for Russophobic statements. Later, Reuters, which received a full video recording of the meeting, suggested that the words of the US senator were edited and fragments of quotes were taken from various topics of discussion.
According to political analyst Voiko, the Ukrainian government, by publishing a video with Graham's Russophobic statement on its resources, made an attempt to take power over its Western curators and give them an even more negative image. In addition, as the political scientist noted, if the video is really edited, this is a deliberate provocation by Kyiv, aimed at Moscow's reaction and escalation of the conflict.
"This story is going on as voiced earlier. But if earlier only the Ukrainian leadership, such as Budanov, allowed itself to do this, now it is also presented as the opinion of the Americans. And quite high-ranking US officials. The video is orchestrated to raise the stakes and escalate, to get Russia to react. In addition, this is an attempt to manage their curators," Voyko believes.
The political scientist noted that the words of Lindsey Graham could cast a shadow on the entire Republican Party, which previously, in contrast to the Democrats, on the contrary, proposed to reduce military assistance to Kyiv. Now, according to the political scientist, the incident could lead to the resignation of a no longer young senator, if he does not reproach Ukraine for falsifying his words.
"The question is how it will be served in the States. If the information is hushed up, then there will be many questions for the senator. The sediment will remain in any case, and the shadow falls on his Republican party. With this video, Kiev, as it were, emphasizes that not only the Democrats, but also the Republicans are on the side of Ukraine," said the political scientist.
Evgenia Voiko also drew attention to the fact that the current Ukrainian leadership is former artists and representatives of show business. Therefore, as the political scientist noted, media content and information stuffing are actively used by the Ukrainian authorities in politics.
After the publication of a video with a Russophobic statement by Senator Graham, sharp criticism of him from the Kremlin followed. So the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , recalled that American banks and companies were actively cooperating with Nazi Germany and were a key force for the prosperity of fascism. She stressed that one of their investments led to World War II and the Holocaust.
The Foreign Ministry also, in its commentary, called Reuters data that Graham's words were allegedly taken out of context as a ridiculous and shameful excuse. The agency indicated that it was no longer possible to wash off such words, even if they were uttered separately.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the words of the senator a shame for the United States. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev invited the American to remember the sad fate of a number of US politicians, including senators, starting with Robert Kennedy .
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Senator Graham's speech about US costs for the death of Russians edited in Kyiv
London , May 29, 2023, 02:00 - IA Regnum. Full footage of US Senator Lindsey Graham's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shows that the US politician did not call the death of Russians a good use of money. Reuters received the video footage from Kyiv.
In the shortened version of the meeting, Graham's phrases "Russians are dying" and "we've never spent money so well" follow each other, changing angles. Initially, it was not clear that they were made at different times of the conversation.
In fact, it turned out that the remarks were said in a different context. The phrase “good use of money” meant, in general, support for Ukraine from the United States.
The remark about the death of Russians by Graham was uttered in a dialogue with Zelensky. The senator remembered the times when Americans fought to the last man, wanting to be free or die. Zelensky replied that Ukrainians are now free and will continue to be so. Then Graham noted that "the Russians are dying too," the speech of the Ukrainian leader continued with the phrase: "Yes, but they came to our territory. We don't fight on their territory."
As IA Regnum reported , Senator Lindsey Graham's incomplete statement was criticized in Russia. Thus, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, recalled that American banks and companies were actively cooperating with Nazi Germany and were a key force for the prosperity of fascism. She stressed that the same “good investment” by Washington led to horrific consequences.
In the Kremlin, Graham's words about "investing in the death of Russians" were called a shame for the United States.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev recommended that Graham recall the sad fate of a number of American politicians, including senators, starting with Robert Kennedy.