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Russia-China relations will become stronger, Vladimir Putin says in post-election victory speech
- Russian president wins election in a landslide, extending his rule for six more years
- Vladimir Putin praises China, which has forged a ‘no limits’ partnership with Russia
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Russia-China relations to grow stronger, Putin says, after clinching landslide election win
Russia-China relations to grow stronger, Putin says, after clinching landslide election win
Russian President Vladimir Putin forecast that Russia-China relations would become stronger in the coming years.
Putin spoke in central Moscow on Sunday after partial results showed he had won Russia’s presidential election by a landslide.
Putin won 87.8 per cent of the vote, the highest ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM).
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The Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) put Putin on 87 per cent. First official results indicated the polls were accurate.
“The relations between Russia and China are a stabilising factor, while good personal relations between the leaders of the two nations allow to develop ties even further,” Putin said at his campaign headquarters, according to Tass news agency.
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