Condolences to President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika 2014-07-24 20:15:00 Vladimir Putin expressed his deep condolences to President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika following the crash of an Air Algerie plane that claimed many lives, and asked him to pass on his words of sympathy to the victims’ families, wishing them fortitude in their time of sorrow.