Party chief congratulates re-elected President Vladimir Putin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on his re-election as President of Russia.

President Vladimir Putin (photo:AFP)

Vladimir Putin is set for another six years in power after winning a record election performance with 76.66% of the vote held on March 18.

Second place was Paven Grudinin of the Communist Party of Russia with 12.05% of the vote.

Russia's Liberal Democrat candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky came in third with 5.85% of the vote

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