Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed,” says U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican.
The comment comes at a time when the leader of his own party, President Donald Trump, is seeking a cozier relationship with the Russian dictator while alienating and harshly criticizing U.S. allies, including Ukraine.
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