Russian president Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on Thursday during a speech at the Valdai club thinktank calling him a 'courageous man' for his reaction to the assassination attempt against him earlier this year. Putin added that he was ready to resume contact with western leaders after the breakdown in ties over Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022
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