FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link in Moscow, Russia September 27, 2024. Sputnik/Sergei Ilyin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
(Reuters) - "God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia's paramount leader for nearly quarter of a century.
The greeting came from ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin on his Telegram messaging channel minutes after midnight.
