title: Putin, Merkel hold phone call after German polls: Kremlin
text: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken over the phone to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, congratulating her on the victory by a loyal bloc of parties in Germany s parliamentary polls, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday.  Both of them underlined their readiness to continue the  mutually advantageous  cooperation between Russia and Germany, the statement said.  