Russian businessman Alex Konanykhin has put a $1 million bounty on Russian President Vladimir Putin's head, according to reports.
"I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws," said Alex Konanykhin in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
Konanykhin said Putin had violated the Russian constitution by "eliminating free elections" and "murdering his opponents."
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"As an ethnic Russian and a Russia citizen, I see it as my moral duty to facilitate the denazification of Russia," Konanykhin said.
Konanykhin told Business Insider that he put up the bounty, which would be paid out of his own pocket, to demonstrate that the military assault on Ukraine does not carry his support.
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On Thursday, Russia’s foreign minister said Moscow is ready for peace talks but will continue its effort to destroy Ukraine’s military infrastructure, which the Kremlin claims is threatening Russia.
Meanwhile, the United Nations says more than 1 million people have fled Ukraine following Russia's invasion, the swiftest refugee exodus this century.
