Vladimir Putin was seen struggling through a recorded message for International Women's Day in Moscow last weekend after the Kremlin briefly posted an unedited video of the Russian president coughing, stopping mid-sentence, and referring to a scratchy throat before the clip was deleted and replaced with a shorter version.
The footage reportedly appeared on the Kremlin's Telegram channel and, in the version first published, Putin turned away from the camera and said, 'You know, let me say that again, because... my throat's a bit scratchy. Yes, a bit scratchy. I almost started coughing. I've been talking a lot today.'
