A California-based entrepreneur posted the image to his LinkedIn page in early March with a short note offering $1 million to the Russian officer who arrests Putin.
The next day, as Russian military forces escalated attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine's largest cities, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., publicly took up a similar call.
"There are so many dangerous aspects to his comments," said Anthony Arend, co-founder of the Institute for International Law and Politics at Georgetown University. “It sets the possible precedent that others will be able to look at the United States and say, ‘Well, they're advocating it. Why don't we simply move to a foreign policy that more broadly incorporates assassinations or targeting regime leaders?’”The White House and lawmakersdenounced Graham's suggestions.
"It becomes scary for the US fate, which is run by such irresponsible and unprofessional politicians," he wrote in
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