Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a telephone conversation with Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of so-called Donetsk People's Republic, and Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the so-called Lugansk People's Republic at the Kremlin in Moscow.
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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday offered his "sincerest congratulations" to Britain's King Charles III after he was officially proclaimed monarch at a pomp-filled ceremony in London.
"Please receive my sincerest congratulations on your accession to the throne," Putin said in a telegram addressed to the new king, the Kremlin said. "I wish Your Majesty success, robust health and above all the best."