Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden’s recent comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” is just the latest example of how far relations between the United States and Russia have fallen amid Moscow’s continued invasion of Ukraine.
While White House officials and Secretary of State Antony Blinken quickly moved to clarify that the US is not advocating for “regime change” in Russia, Biden also recently called Putin a “butcher” and a “war criminal”, prompting the Kremlin to warn that bilateral ties were nearing “rupture”.
