US President Joe Biden did not call for regime change in Russia, when he said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," a White House official said.
"What the president meant to say was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia or regime change," the official noted after Biden's speech in Warsaw.
Biden's remarks had earlier provoked a reaction from the Kremlin. A Kremlin spokesman dismissed a comment made by US President Joe Biden that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," saying Russians choose who their leader will be.
Asked about Biden's comment, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters:
"It is not up to Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by the Russians."
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