Could Vladimir Putin be removed from the Russian presidency over Ukraine war?

Is it possible to remove Vladimir Putin from office by force or by protest? Joe Biden made a comment that saw his hasty retreat from his office, his secretary, and himself. Let’s see if it is possible to remove Putin, and how, if at all.

Days after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky taunted the US and its European allies, asking them to admit they were “afraid of Russia“, US President Joe Biden called for the removal of Russian President Vladimir Putin. called upon.

However, the US government immediately withdrew. It denied that Biden was planning regime change in Russia, even though his speech was welcomed and labeled “historic”.

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Russia hit back at the US, saying the regime change “is not up to Biden to decide whether the President of Russia is elected by Russia”.

America’s ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) France also felt uncomfortable with Biden’s speech.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned that a verbal escalation could disrupt peace talks in an attempt to mediate a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukraine is being cannibalized by Russia, which has blamed the West for its invasion. Russia anticipates an invasion of Ukraine to secure a guarantee against NATO expansion in its neighbourhood.

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The US has been directly involved in regime change in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a military attempt at the same in Syria, where Russia has come to the rescue of President Bashar al-Assad in recent days.

This makes Biden’s speech in Warsaw, Poland, best known in history for the 1955 communist pact that formalized the Cold War, which is seen as pivotal in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Biden addressed Putin’s compatriots directly from Warsaw, saying: You, the Russian people, are not our enemies.

“For God’s sake, this man [Putin] cannot stay in power.”

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In an immediate response, a White House official in Biden’s office was quoted as saying, “The president says 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.

It was the beginning of a backlash from Biden’s off-the-cuff statement. “I think the President, the White House, said last night that President Putin cannot be given the authority to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else,” his Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Biden himself said “no,” when asked by reporters if he was calling for regime change in Russia.

CALL FOR REMOVAL NOT NEW

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Before Biden’s statement, a US senator, Lindsey Graham, recently said that the only way to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was to “take this man out for someone in Russia”.

“You will be doing a great service to your country and the world,” Graham posted a tweet.

“Is Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian army?”

Brutus was a Roman statesman who assassinated the warrior emperor Julius Caesar and was first performed in 1599 by playwright William Shakespeare through his play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for the 1944 assassination attempt of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during World War II.

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Graham’s call for Putin’s assassination did not elicit the startling responses that could have possibly happened at other times. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dismissed the remarks, saying her stance was “not the position of the United States government and certainly not a statement that you would hear from the mouth of someone who worked in this administration”. .

Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, described the statement as “unacceptable and derogatory” resulting from “Russophobia and hatred” of Russia in the US.

Antonio said, “It is unbelievable that a country’s senator has promoted his moral values ​​as a ‘guiding star’ for all mankind, internationally speaking against terrorism as a way of achieving Washington’s goals.” can call on.”

But can Putin be removed?

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With the sudden appearance of a Brutus in Russia reaching the degree necessary to invade Putin’s inner circle seems impossible, if not impossible. Putin has been ruling Russia in some form or the other for 23 years. Putin is said to have mastered his country’s security apparatus after working with the Soviet spy agency KGB and its post-Soviet Russian successor, the FSB. live TV

Given that Putin controls the Russian state with an iron fist, his involuntary expulsion as president could result in disgrace to the Russian military in Ukraine, or, economic sanctions imposed by the West, to the Russian economy. break to the extent that it makes normal life miserable in Russia.

Could Vladimir Putin be removed from the Russian presidency over Ukraine war?

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