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  • South Africa is desperately reaching out to Putin, persuading him to stay away from BRICS Summit in August.
  • “It’s a big dilemma for us. Of course, we cannot arrest him”—South Africa Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
  • US is accusing South Africa of providing Moscow with military hardware for the Ukraine war.

Authorities in Pretoria are stuck in a political quandary as South Africa weighs security risks emanating from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to attend BRICS summit in Johannesburg next month.

South Africa’s reluctance to arrest Putin is increasingly casting a shadow on the August summit in South Africa.

Media reports say South Africa is desperately reaching out to Putin persuading Putin to stay away. This as the country seeks to avoid triggering legal and diplomatic fallout over his international warrant of arrest, South Africa’s deputy president was quoted last week.

“It’s a big dilemma for us. Of course, we cannot …