Moscow, Dec 5, SPA -- Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev on Monday on what he said was a "convincing victory" in Sunday's election. A Kremlin statement said Putin offered his congratulations in a phone conversation with Nazarbayev. The two men expressed their intention of doing everything to develop and strengthen "good neighbourliness, alliance and the strategic partnership," the statement said. --SPA 1445 Local Time 1145 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/307983