Putin invites opposition for cooperation

 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who have won Sunday's presidential election, invited opposition leaders for cooperation on Monday.

Putin invites opposition for cooperation.

Putin made the remarks during his meeting with three election rivals, including A Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov, independent candidate Mikhail Prokhorov and Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

"We should endeavor together to settlement the problems in the country," Putin said.

Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, who took the second in the election, did not attend the meeting.

The president-elect also said he would instruct the Central Election Commission (CEC) to investigate all possible violations during the vote.

"I have not yet told (CEC Chairman Vladimir) Churov....I'm sure I would have a conversation with him, asking him to thoroughly probe into all possible violations that you spoke about," Putin told the three rivals.

Putin won a resounding victory in Sunday's presidential election with about 64 percent of the vote, according to the CEC.

Zhirinovsky and Mironov have called Putin to congratulate him on the victory but Zyuganov and Prokhorov have claimed the election was unfair.