On Jan. 27, Andrey Isayev, a member of Russia’s State Duma (the lower house of parliament), accused U.S. President Donald Trump of trying to “rudely” force Russian President Vladimir Putin to start peace negotiations with Ukraine.
Speaking on the primetime show 60 Minutes on Rossia-1, the country’s most-watched state-owned TV channel, Isayev said Trump reminded Putin about the fate of Libya’s ex-dictator Moammar Gadhafi, lynched by a mob after a rebellion overthrew him in 2011.
Instead of threatening Putin,