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Putin Congratulates President Trump On Election Win


Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated President Trump on his election win.

During a discussion in Sochi, Putin said, “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the US.”

“I have already said that we will work with any head of state that the American people trust,” added Putin.

Watch him say it here:

Here’s what Bloomberg reported:

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his recent victory in the US presidential election.
“I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the US,” Putin said on Thursday at the annual Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea city of Sochi.

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“I have already said that we will work with any head of state that the American people trust,” he said.

Putin said he was ready to renew contact and hold discussions with Trump, and that the incoming president’s proposals on Ukraine deserved attention.

Trump is later expected to call Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Per Newsweek:

Donald Trump will seek a swift end to the war started by Vladimir Putin, the president-elect’s former special representative for Ukraine said.

Kurt Volker, who was involved in negotiations with Ukraine and Vladimir Putin between 2017 and 2019 during Trump’s previous tenure, told the Kyiv Independent that the Republican will “make a phone call to Putin as quickly as possible” and tell the Russian president that “he needs to stop the war.”

His comments come amid uncertainty about what the Trump presidency will mean for continued U.S aid for Ukraine, given his repeated criticism of Washington’s financial support. However, Putin will be “a cunning and wily opponent” for Trump and he doesn’t want a deal, but rather to take all of Ukraine, Volker said.



 

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