In his message, Putin affirmed to Sisi that his “huge win” proves the support and trust of the Egyptian people in his leadership abilities.“Russia appreciates the strategic partnership with Egypt,” Putin’s message stated. This is, however, the second time for the Russian president to congratulate Sisi, as he sent him another message on March 30, shortly after the preliminary results for 2018’s election indicated that Sisi was apparently going to win. In the first message, Putin also congratulated his Egyptian counterpart.President Sisi garnered 97.08 percent of valid votes in the presidential election last week, where more than 21.8 million people voted for him. In the 2014 vote, 23.4 million people voted for Sisi, invalid votes accounted for one million ballots, and Sabahy won 740,000 votes.In 2018, invalid votes made up 7.27 percent of the total votes, accounting for 1.762 million ballots. If invalid votes are not excluded from the result, Sisi's share of the total votes would be 90 percent.

Source: Egypt Today April 02, 2018 15:56 UTC