Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man has weighed in on the second assassination attempt on the US presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Dmitry Medvedev – the former Russian president and prime minister always overshadowed by Putin – made some controversial remarks just hours after the suspect Ryan W Routh was arrested.
Routh, a Ukraine activist, was detained shortly after a suspected gunman hid in the bushes surrounding the Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, and pointed an AK-style gun at Trump from a distance.
Now Medvedev has poured gasoline in the flames by suggesting that Routh could have been hired by Ukraine.
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Medvedev, who now works as a top security council official, posted on his English language X account: ‘I wonder what would happen if it turned out that the failed new Trump shooter Routh, who recruited mercenaries for the Ukrainian army, was himself hired by the neo-nazi regime in Kiev for this assassination attempt?’
Pictures have emerged showing Routh attending several pro-Ukraine rallies in Kyiv after travelling there just months after the Russian invasion.
Routh, a registered Democratic voter, was often seen dressed in clothes bearing the US flag at rallies in Kyiv and holding signs calling for help to Ukraine alongside other campaigners.
However, US authorities have not mentioned any connection between Routh and the Ukrainian state.
The 58-year-old had reportedly travelled to Ukraine to find military recruits among Afghan soldiers who had escaped the Taliban, BBC reports.
Routh, a contractor from Hawaii, has allegedly had run-ins with law enforcement over the years, including a conviction for possessing a weapon of mass destruction.
I wonder what would happen
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) September 16, 2024
if it turned out that the failed new Trump shooter Routh, who recruited mercenaries for the Ukrainian army, was himself hired by the neo-nazi regime in Kiev for this assassination attempt?
Hundreds of social media users rushed to share their thoughts after Medvedev’s controversial post to the 1.3 million followers on his international account, with many peddling further conspiracy theories.
Medvedev became the Russian president after Putin in 2008 and served for four years before Putin made a return to power.
During his time as the president, Putin was never far away as he clung to power as the prime minister.
The second assassination attempt comes just months after 20-year-old Thomas Crooks fired a semi-automatic rifle at Trump during a rally, killing a retired fire chief Corey Comperatore and injuring two others.
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