Russia Demands US-UN Probe Into Biden’s ‘Putin Assassination Plot’; ‘Zelensky Can’t Sign Peace Deal’

A Russian lawmaker has invoked the threat of nuclear war in responding to an unfounded claim by Tucker Carlson that Vladimir Putin was the subject of a U.S. assassination plot.Russian parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin responded to the American right-wing broadcaster’s assertion—which was not backed up by evidence, that the Biden administration had tried to assassinate the Russian president.Volodin said merely discussing a plot to assassinate Putin was path to nuclear war and that Carlson’s comments should be investigated further. State news agency Tass reported that Russia’s parliament will appeal to U.S. Congress and the U.N. to investigate the claims.However, the Kremlin also cast doubt on Carlson’s claims on Wednesday saying it was not clear what he meant and there was no evidence. n18oc_world n18oc_crux