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| Donald Trump win: Russian parliament bursts into applause upon announcement of US election result | |
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| Russian politicians reportedly burst into applause as an MP broke the news of Donald Trump's emphatic election victory. | |
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| Clapping and cheering in the State Duma - the country's parliament equivalent - muffled an announcement by foreign affairs committee member Vyacheslav Nikonov that Mr Trump had triumphed. | |
| State news agency RIA-Novosti and Russian website Interfax.com quoted Mr Nikonov, also an education committee chairman, as saying: "Three minutes ago, Hillary Clinton acknowledged her defeat in the US presidential elections and just seconds ago, Trump began his speech as president-elect. I congratulate all of you on this." | |
| Former lieutenant colonel and two-time prime minister President Putin sent 70-year-old Mr Trump a telegram of congratulation after his triumph. | |
| In a brief statement, the Kremlin said Mr Putin expressed "his hope to work together for removing Russian-American relations from their crisis state". | |
| Mr Putin also said he had confidence in "building a constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington that is based on principles of equality, mutual respect and a real accounting of each other's positions, in the interests of our peoples and the world community". | |
| Mr Putin has tacitly supported Trump during the campaign, while Trump repeatedly flattered and praised the Russian leader and said he was willing to work with him. | |
| Father-of-five Mr Trump however has, despite all the hints of flattery, denied he has ever met the Moscow leader despite reports. | |
| Hungary prime minister meanwhile said Mr Trump's victory is "great news" and shows "democracy is still alive." | |
| Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been often criticised by the United States, including by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, for weakening the democratic system of checks and balances. | |
| But Mr Orban offered his congratulations to Trump on his Facebook page. | |
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