"On the occasion of his birthday, Vladimir Putin receives numerous congratulatory messages and telegrams from the heads of state and government of foreign countries, heads of international organizations," the presidential press service said.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also congratulated the head of state.

At the same time, the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, the head of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov called Putin with congratulations.