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Elected president of the United States Donald Trump assumes a conversation with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. He stated this in an interview with NBC, answering the relevant question.
"I think we will talk," he said.
Trump also confirmed his conversation with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky , but did not begin to reveal its details. Zelensky previously said that he had an "excellent" phone conversation with Trump, congratulating him on his victory.
Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting of the Valdai discussion club on Thursday, decided to congratulate Trump on his victory.
"I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election to the post of President of the United States. As I have already said, we will work with any head of state that the American people trust. This will really be the case in practice," he said.
Putin added that he does not know what Trump, for whom this is the last presidential term, will do, but noted that "what was said about the desire to restore relations with Russia, to contribute to the end of the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion, it deserves attention at least." . . Putin is also ready to talk to Trump.
"I don't consider it shameful to call him either. I just don't do it, because the leaders of Western countries have been calling me from some stage, almost every week, and then suddenly they stopped. Well, they don't want to - and they don't need to. As you can see, we are alive and well, developing, moving forward. If any of them wants to resume contact, I have always said and I want to say it again - we have nothing against it, please, we will resume contact and hold discussions," Putin said.
