Newsweek
By Isabel Van Brugen
August 23, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a video address to the summit of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, and journalists were quick to suggest that his voice sounded different.
Journalists in the Kremlin pool published a 32-second excerpt of his prerecorded, 17-minute-long video address, reporting on Telegram that Putin’s voice had been altered. In the video, the Russian president’s voice sounds much lower than normal.