Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Verstka newspaper, has unofficially congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election.
According to the newspaper’s sources, the congratulations were conveyed through intermediaries from the Russian Foreign Ministry. In addition to Putin, the head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, also sent an unofficial congratulation.
According to the newspaper’s sources, such ‘unofficial friendliness’ on the part of the Kremlin is linked to hopes for an improvement in Russia’s position in the war against Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has publicly stated that it will work with the new US administration, ‘firmly defending national interests’.