Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who expressed support for the Russian leadership in relation to a mutiny on Saturday led by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin said on Monday in a statement. 

The leaders also discussed Russian-Qatari cooperation, the Kremlin said, adding that Putin also congratulated the Qatari Emir on the 10th anniversary of his accession to the throne and the upcoming Eid al-Adha.