In an interview with the Argentine newspaper La Nacion, Dmitriev, who heads the organization that funded the development of the jab, explained that the vaccine has already been approved in 71 countries but by no international organizations, including the WHO. “We see no reason for the WHO to delay approval …
Read More »‘Sputnik V works the best’: Hungarian FM talks vaccine politics with RT
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved vaccines by Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Janssen, yet Russia’s Sputnik V is still awaiting the agency’s nod despite getting approval in over 70 countries worldwide. For Hungarians vaccinated with Sputnik V, that means they’re frozen out of the EU’s bloc-wide Digital Covid Certificate …
Read More »Covid-19 survivors shouldn’t face discrimination – Sputnik V distributor
“The world needs to come to an understanding that it’s not about vaccine brands – it’s about the level of antibodies” a person has, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which bankrolled the development of Sputnik V vaccine and now oversees its distribution, told RT …
Read More »Long-term efficacy of Russian Sputnik V jab revealed
The data was revealed on Wednesday by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the sovereign wealth fund which bankrolled the vaccine’s development. Evaluation of the vaccine’s performance is based on analysis of real-world experience obtained in the Republic of San Marino. About 70% of the microstate’s 34,000-strong population have received the …
Read More »China’s ‘Sputnik moment’ missile test confounds US – media
Scientists at the Pentagon’s DARPA research agency are apparently still trying to figure out how China’s hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) – a type of nuclear-capable maneuverable spacecraft – was able to fire another missile mid-flight, according to a Financial Times report on Sunday. Noting that no other country has demonstrated …
Read More »High efficacy of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in protecting the elderly confirmed by large Argentinian study
The results of the large-scale research by the Ministry of Health of the City of Buenos Aires were published in the prestigious, peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) last week. The study included more than 660,000 elderly residents of Buenos Aires who had been vaccinated with Sputnik V, AstraZeneca …
Read More »A ‘Sputnik moment’? Milley hints China’s hypersonic weapons test has left US in arms-race dust
“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning,” Milley said in an interview on Bloomberg TV’s David Rubenstein Show on Wednesday. “I don’t know if it’s quite a Sputnik moment, but I think it’s very close to …
Read More »Daily Express RETRACTS story on Russia ‘stealing’ Sputnik V vaccine recipe, but the original fake-news publisher the Sun persists
In a Monday ‘bombshell,’ the Sun claimed UK spies “have proof” that Moscow’s flagship Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, was actually inspired by documents “swiped” from AstraZeneca “by a foreign agent in person.” The Express later published its own story, citing the Sun. On Tuesday, however, the latter tabloid retracted the …
Read More »Russia STOLE formula for Sputnik V Covid-19 jab, UK’s conspiracy-loving spies allege. Moscow says if you believe them, seek help
Russia, of course, is always around to play the villain. In a bombshell set of re-hashed revelations published on Monday, the tabloid alleges that Moscow’s flagship Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, wasn’t made in a lab by a team of world-leading scientists, but was actually inspired by secret documents nicked from …
Read More »Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine finally set for WHO approval following removal of barriers, health minister says
All outstanding issues that had plagued the registration approval process have been resolved between Moscow and the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told TASS on Saturday. “Russia’s position on the promotion and registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine has been heard. We have completely resolved all …
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