Vladimir Putin congratulates 'courageous' Donald Trump on election victory - as new US President-elect says: 'I think we'll speak'

Vladimir Putin has congratulated 'courageous' Donald Trump on his election victory,  as the US President-elect says: 'I think we'll speak.' 

Putin said today he was 'ready' to hold discussions with Trump with the despot having been impressed with how he handled himself 'like a man' during an assassination attempt at a rally earlier this year.

'I take this opportunity to congratulate him,' Putin said in remarks to the Valdai forum in the southern city of Sochi. 

Trump said he had probably spoken to 70 leaders since his astonishing election win, but Putin was not one of them. 

But he told NBC: 'I think we'll speak.'

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