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
