Vladimir Putin gave a video address to participants in the BRICS business forum, which is taking place on August 22 in Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of the main BRICS summit for member countries.
Journalists in the Kremlin pool report that the Russian president’s address was dubbed into Russian in a voice not belonging to Putin himself. Why this happened is unclear.
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