In democratic countries around the world, putin's "elections" are considered neither free nor fair. This was reported by the Telegram channel "DW Glavnoe".
For instance, the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, stated that he would not congratulate putin on his victory in the presidential elections.
The White House referred to the elections in russia as "clearly neither free nor fair". They reminded that putin imprisoned his potential opponents or prevented them from participating in the elections.
The Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi, declined to comment on putin's alleged victory. "Our country refrains from commenting on the elections held in russia", - the Japanese Secretary General replied to a journalist's question, mentioning the criticism of the russian elections by Western countries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland stated that the presidential elections in Russia were not legal, democratic, or honest.
The British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron, stated that the conditions under which the voting took place did not comply with the laws.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the elections in russia illegitimate and thanked Western countries that hold a similar position.
At the same time, the leaders of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, Honduras, North Korea, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan were the first to congratulate putin on his election victory.