The Houthis congratulated Putin on his “victory” in the elections

A member of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, formed by the Houthis, Lieutenant General Sultan al-Sami congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election to a fifth presidential term. He called the result announced by the Central Election Commission of more than 87% of the votes a “convincing victory.” “The re-election of President Vladimir Putin as head of state is a victory for the BRICS group, which is fighting to destroy the unipolar system that fuels wars and conflicts around the world and pursues a policy of colonization and impoverishment of peoples,” al-Sami said.

Earlier, Putin was congratulated on his re-election by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Venezuela, Honduras, Iran, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping also sent telegrams. The latter expressed his conviction that Putin would remain to rule Russia for a fifth term, a year ago during a visit to Moscow.

In total, Putin was congratulated by the leaders of 17 states, while after the 2018 campaign there were almost twice as many. Western leaders were not among them this time. In Europe, the vote organized by the Russian authorities, to which not a single independent candidate was allowed, was perceived negatively or with sarcasm. Back on March 15, European Council President Charles Michel congratulated Putin in advance on his “convincing victory,” emphasizing that Russians would have “no freedom, no choice.” Germany refused to call Putin president.