Vladimir Putin played an outsized role in the 2016 U.S. election, with repeated Russian hacks leading many to suspect the Kremlin was trying to sway the vote for Russia-friendly Donald Trump. And after Trump's victory came another weird turn: Putin sent him a telegram.
There may be a hundred ways to send a message in 2016, but the Russian leader is decidedly old-school in this regard. The good old-fashioned telegram remains his "preferred method of communicating with newly elected leaders," says NBC News.
No word on whether the president-elect plans to drop his beloved Twitter in favor of chatting like it's the 1800s.
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