Senators Call on Designating Russia a Terrorist State Amid Allegations of Mass Child Kidnapping, Brainwashing

Category: Wars & Rumors of Wars

Summary:
Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal have renewed efforts to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, highlighted during a December 3 Senate hearing addressing allegations that Russia is kidnapping and brainwashing tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. The legislation was first introduced in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a missile strike that flooded the city of Kryvyi Rih. The senators reintroduced the bill in June 2024, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine and disruptive conduct internationally. Ukraine has stated that the return of all kidnapped children is a non-negotiable condition for any peace agreement with Moscow.

Tags: Russia, Ukraine, Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, child kidnapping, state sponsor of terrorism, Vladimir Putin

Source Excerpt:

A bipartisan congressional effort to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism received a renewed push during a Dec. 3 Senate hearing on allegations that Moscow is kidnapping and brainwashing tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) first introduced legislation in 2022 to designate the Russian government as a “state sponsor of terrorism” months after it invaded Ukraine, and on the same day, Russian forces shot a missile on the Karachunivske reservoir, causing it to break and flood Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city, Kryvyi Rih. In June 2024, Graham and Blumenthal introduced the bill again, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of “barbaric behavior in Ukraine” and for “disruptive behavior throughout Africa and the world at large.”......

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Source: Algemeiner

Posted on 12-04-2025 03:06