Reactions to Biden saying Putin ‘cannot remain in power’

By Reuters Posted on March 27, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Royal Castle, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland March 26, 2022. Slawomir Kaminski /Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS

Following are reactions to U.S. President Joe Biden’s remark on Saturday that Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”.

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“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden told a crowd in Warsaw after condemning the Russian president’s month-long war in Ukraine. Biden cast Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a battle in a much broader conflict between democracy and autocracy.