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Putin lives in an 'information vacuum' and never uses a cellphone or the internet, a Russian intelligence officer who defected says

Vladimir Putin lives in an "information vacuum," a Russian defector who accompanied him on trips said.

Gleb Karakulov told the Dossier Center that Putin doesn't use a cellphone or the internet.

Putin instead gathers information from secret service reports and Russian TV news channels, he said.

South Africa Accuses Russia of Lying Over BRICS Loan Announcements

Russia's claims that an agreement was reached with South Africa at the BRICS summit to attract a loan in South African rand for the state corporation VEB.RF are not true.

This was reported on Thursday by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), commenting on the words of VEB head Igor Shuvalov following the meeting of the extended delegations of the BRICS countries the day before.

According to Shuvalov, a "framework agreement on cooperation" was agreed upon with DBSA, as well as on credit lines in national currencies. "We expect that Brazil and India will join this document," Shuvalov said, adding that work has also begun to expand the Interbank Cooperation Mechanism (ICM).

In fact, no loan agreement for VEB, which is disconnected from the SWIFT system and is under blocking Western sanctions, was “signed” at the BRICS summit, DBSA emphasized (the bank’s statement was quoted by the South African news portal news24 ).