Russian President Vladimir Putin is receiving a lot of congratulations on his re-election, while it remains unknown whether the U. S. has sent its greeting telegram, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
“There are lots of international congratulation telegrams we receive through the Russian Foreign Ministry, and I cannot say exactly whether the U.S. telegram is among them,’’ Peskov said answering the question whether Putin has received congratulations from the U.S.
He noted that the president continued to receive greetings from his foreign counterparts.
“The president continues receiving phone calls with congratulations from his foreign counterparts. Some of the calls are taking place now, we will inform you accordingly,’’ the spokesman said.
The Russian presidential election was held on Sunday.
According to the preliminary information provided by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC), Putin won the election with some 76.7 percent of votes after 99.94 percent of the ballots have been counted.
Report says Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin ranks second with about 11.8 percent of votes, while head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky has come third with around 5.7 percent of votes.
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