MOSCOW (AP) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n
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 \u201cthe Russians are dying\u201d and described the U.S. military assistance to the country as \u201cthe best money we\u2019ve ever spent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented Sunday by saying that \u201cit’s hard to imagine a greater shame for the country than having such senators.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n