Medvedev receives congratulatory messages on becoming PM

Foreign politicians are congratulating Dmitry Medvedev on becoming Russian Prime Minister, replacing Vladimir Putin, who has become President, RIA Novosti reports.

Congratulatory letters were received from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov and Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich.