MANAMA, June 16. /ITAR-TASS/. The prime minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a strong personality and an outstanding leader and supports his policy, the head of Bahrain’s cabinet of ministers, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, said in an exclusive interview with ITAR-TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman on Monday.

Khalifa said Putin “enjoys unprecedented popularity not only among the Russian people but worldwide”.