I am sure the President exchanged ideas on how to secure his re-election bid.

CBS’s Mark Knoller reports:

Pres. Obama phoning congratulations from AF-1 to Pres-elect Vladimir Putin of Russia.

As the New York Times reported earlier in the week, there are serious charges that Putin rigged the election: “A day after claiming an overwhelming victory in Russia’s presidential election, Vladimir V. Putin on Monday faced a range of challenges to his legitimacy, including charges of fraud from international observers and a defiant opposition that vowed to keep him from serving his full six-year term.”

Even the State Department called for an investigation into the election earlier in the week.

via Obama Calls to Congratulate Putin | The Weekly Standard.