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Putin's Online Speech at BRICS Summit Expected on August 23: SA's BRICS Sherpa

© Sputnik . Gavriil Grigorov / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin takes part via videoconference in the ceremony of launching motor traffic on the federal highway M-4 "Don" on the bypass of the city of Aksai in the Rostov Region and the far western bypass of the city of Krasnodar in the Krasnodar Territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part via videoconference in the ceremony of launching motor traffic on the federal highway M-4 Don on the bypass of the city of Aksai in the Rostov Region and the far western bypass of the city of Krasnodar in the Krasnodar Territory. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 20.07.2023
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JOHANNESBURG (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to participate in the BRICS summit via video conference format, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be present at the event, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Wednesday.
The online speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in South Africa is expected to take place on August 23, Anil Sooklal, the sherpa of the Republic of South Africa in BRICS, said on Thursday.

"He [Putin] will not attend the summit physically, but he will attend the summit virtually ... President Putin will also deliver his remarks virtually [on August 23]," Sooklal told reporters, as broadcast by SABC News.

The Russian leader will participate in all discussions of the summit, the sherpa added.
On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik that Putin had decided to participate in the BRICS summit via video conference format, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be present at the event.
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