The President of Russia sent congratulatory messages to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev, President of Armenia Robert Kocharian, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev, President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Elizabeth II, German President Horst Köhler, Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of India Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano, Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi, the Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, President of China Hu Jintao, President of the United States George Bush, President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan, and Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda.
Vladimir Putin also congratulated the heads of state and government of other foreign countries.