OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin of the current European leaders sent congratulations on the New Year only to the President of Serbia and the Prime Minister of Hungary.

Putin's congratulations on Christmas and the upcoming New Year to the heads of foreign states and governments have been published on the Kremlin's website. At the same time, such congratulations were sent from European leaders to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

According to the press service, Putin congratulated the heads of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, etc.

It is clarified that congratulations were also sent to the Presidents of Bolivia and Venezuela, the head of Brazil, the Prime Minister of Hungary, the President and the Prime Minister of India.

At the same time, the Russian leader sent sincere congratulations on the New Year and the upcoming Spring holiday to the President of China.

Putin congratulated the presidents of Turkey, Cuba, Serbia, etc. on the upcoming holiday.

"In addition, Vladimir Putin congratulated a number of former heads of foreign states and governments on Christmas and the upcoming New Year, in particular Silvio Berlusconi, Robert Kocharian, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Serzh Sargsyan, Gerhard Schroeder," the press service wrote.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin never talks about the date and process of shooting Putin's New Year's speech.