CARACAS, March 20. /TASS/. Venezuela's National Assembly (parliament) has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his confident victory in the presidential elections.

The resolution adopted on Tuesday emphasizes "that the electoral process held on March 15-17 demonstrated Putin's complete triumph."

Congressman Roy Daza, who presented the draft resolution, pointed out that "the re-election of President Vladimir Putin, who received the support of more than 87% of voters, allows the continuation of Venezuela's strategic cooperation with Russia."

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was the first to congratulate Putin on his victory on Sunday.

Russia held its first three-day presidential election over the period March 15-17. Remote electronic voting, also a first, was available to voters in 29, or about one-third, of the country’s regions. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), after 100% of vote tally reports by local election commissions had been processed, incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin held a resounding lead over his three rivals with 87.28% of the vote.