Conspiracy theories that Vladimir Putin has died and been replaced by body doubles are alight again after a Russian politician appeared to call the president by a completely different name — Pal Laich. “Pal Laich, thank you very much. I have prepared a presentation,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev appeared to say to Putin in footage from a recent meeting in Moscow. The clip was published by the Kremlin itself, but an official transcript from the meeting switched “Pal Laich” to Putin’s