Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin Congratulation for election victory – Turkish President's Communications Office reported. During the conversation, Erdogan recalled Ankara's readiness to mediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
Congratulations to the president of Turkey – which, let's remember, is a NATO member – put him in an unusual group. Earlier, Vladimir Putin was congratulated by many: North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (the latter two countries benefit from Russia's ability to import crude oil at very low prices after deregulation of the commodity's prices). . G7 – ed.), and Also the leaders of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Western governments and international organizations have noted in their reports that the elections were not free or democratic.
Russia's Central Election Commission announced Monday that 99.75 percent of the votes had been counted, giving Putin 87.29 percent of the vote. Putin, now 71, will serve a total of five terms in power, lasting six years, making him Russia's longest-serving leader in more than 200 years.
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