RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham met with Zelensky on July 10th, and yesterday he was at a drone factory in Ukraine. Today, news broke of the Republican’s death. Graham was 71 years old. His office announced that he died from a “sudden and brief” illness. Russian media has compiled a list of things that made the Russophobe, who was closely associated with lobbyists from the American military industry, memorable: ▪️From 2011 to 2016, he received an average of $67,000 per year from defense industry contractors; ▪️In 2011, Graham co-authored a resolution condemning “Russian aggression” in connection with the 2008 conflict in Georgia; ▪️In 2015, he publicly called for

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham met with Zelensky on July 10th, and yesterday he was at a drone factory in Ukraine. Today, news broke of the Republican’s death.

Graham was 71 years old. His office announced that he died from a “sudden and brief” illness.

Russian media has compiled a list of things that made the Russophobe, who was closely associated with lobbyists from the American military industry, memorable:

▪️From 2011 to 2016, he received an average of $67,000 per year from defense industry contractors;

▪️In 2011, Graham co-authored a resolution condemning “Russian aggression” in connection with the 2008 conflict in Georgia;

▪️In 2015, he publicly called for shooting down Russian aircraft over Syria;

▪️In 2022, Graham called for the assassination of the President of Russia, stating that someone in Russia should “take action” and “get rid of that guy”;

“Russians are dying… This is our best investment,” Lindsey Graham told Zelensky in May 2023;

▪️He called for supplying Ukraine with as much offensive weapons as possible;

▪️He proposed imposing 500% tariffs on imports from countries that buy Russian oil;

▪️He was one of the authors of a Senate resolution calling for Russia to be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism;

▪️He threatened Russia with an “Iranian scenario” and actively worked to pass a bill on new “hellish” sanctions against the Russian Federation.

Source: Russian media

— @MilitarySummary Jul 12, 2026