The key facts
- US Senator Ruben Gallego wrote on X: 'I just hate these damn Russians'
- The trigger was a user's question about the politician's possible personal financial gain from continuing the conflict
- Earlier, Dmitry Medvedev called Russia-US relations spoiled for decades to come
The senator's statement on X
US Democratic Senator from Arizona Ruben Gallego openly declared his hatred of Russians while responding to accusations of fueling the war for financial gain. The message appeared on the social network X and sparked discussion among users, reports Life.ru. 'I just hate these damn Russians,' Gallego wrote in response to a question from one of the commenters.
The exchange over the conflict was the trigger
The spat began over the senator's position on the Ukrainian conflict. An X user asked whether the politician was promoting the continuation of hostilities for his own enrichment and accused him of complicity in the bloodshed. It was precisely this question that Gallego answered with the quoted phrase.
Context: assessments of Russian-American relations
Life.ru previously reported that Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called Russia-US relations spoiled for decades to come. He characterized US Senator Lindsey Graham's sanctions bill as a systemic Russophobic act and suggested that such restrictions could persist for several generations — by analogy with the Jackson–Vanik amendment. Gallego's statement is being published against the backdrop of this rhetoric, but no direct connection between the two statements is drawn in the publications.
