El Sisi congratulates Putin on electoral victory

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his electoral victory on Monday, according to a statement from Ittihadiya. Putin won a fourth six-year term in office after a landslide victory which saw him garner 77% of the vote, according to Bloomberg, with nearly 68% voter turnout than an electoral official attributed to Moscow’s brewing tensions with the west.