Russian Official Responds to US Senator’s Call to Assassinate Putin

Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the United States, arrives for an event in Washington in a file image. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Russia on March 4 described a U.S. senator’s call to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin as irresponsible.

Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the United States, said the remarks were “irresponsible and dangerous.”