Oleksandr Zinchenko told Vladimir Putin that he hopes the Russian president dies "the most painful suffering death" in a scathing social media post which has now been deleted.
The Manchester City left-back also labelled Putin a "creature" and claims that his message was removed by Instagram.
Zinchenko's criticism comes off the back of him declaring that he "can't stand back" whilst "the whole civilised world is concerned about my country."
