https://news.yahoo.com/lindsey-graham-called-putins-assassination-100011342.html

The White House emphasizes that regime change is not US policy, but Sen. Lindsey Graham has called for someone to assassinate Vladimir Putin.

"Wanted: Dead or alive. Vladimir Putin for mass murder," the online image read.

"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 publicly took up a similar call.

"Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?" Graham wrote on Twitter, referencing the Roman politician who assassinated Julius Caesar and the German officer who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler.

"The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out. You would be doing your country – and the world – a great service," he wrote.

"As the White House has emphasized that regime change is not U.S. policy, researchers and academics warn Graham's comments are dangerous to the United States because they could be interpreted as the U.S. disregarding international law and be used to fuel disinformation in Russia.