During remarks on Friday at the House Democrats’ retreat in Philadelphia, President Joe Biden said that “inflation is largely the fault” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Biden said that prices have been rising as a result of factors related to COVID-19, including supply chain issues and heavy demand for certain goods. He also directed blame toward the Russian president.

“The second big reason for inflation is Vladimir Putin,” Biden said. The U.S. president said that gas prices rose as Putin staged troops on the Ukrainian border — Biden noted that Putin then invaded Ukraine. “Make no mistake, inflation is largely the” Russian figure’s fault, Biden claimed.

The president rejected the notion that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that Democrats passed last year made gas prices rise. Congressional Democrats rammed the plan through without GOP support.

Biden said that the San Francisco Federal Reserve indicated that the American Rescue Plan “contributed to 0.3% of inflation.”