The minister posted a picture of himself receiving the jab on his Facebook page on Friday, as he announced that he had finalized the details of another Sputnik V delivery with Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov. Hungary is now expected to receive 680,000 doses of Sputnik V over …
Read More »Mexican army seizes ‘counterfeit’ shipment of Sputnik V as developers of Russian Covid-19 vaccine warn of efforts to discredit jab
In a statement published on Wednesday, the Mexican government announced that customs officials, working together with the armed forces, seized two ice chests loaded with doses from a light aircraft landing at Campeche International Airport, in the southeast of the country. Official photos show them stowed alongside soft drinks and …
Read More »Playing politics with vaccines, like the US pressuring Brazil not to use Sputnik V, made the world more unstable and cost lives
It was revealed in the annual report of the US Department of Health and Human Services that the US government worked towards convincing Brazil to reject Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. The South American country has lost control over its Covid situation and been plunged into chaos, with more than 280,000 …
Read More »US health officials lobbied Brazil to REJECT Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine despite 250k pandemic deaths, report confirms
On Monday, Russia’s Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which financed the development of the Sputnik V jab, published an excerpt that recently came to light from the annual report of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is responsible for healthcare and access to medicines. As part of …
Read More »Sputnik V deal signed: Italy to become first EU country to produce Russian Covid-19 vaccine
The deal was signed between the Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which bankrolls the production and distribution of Sputnik V, and Italy’s Adienne Srl company, the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (CCIR), which facilitated the negotiations, said in a statement on Monday. Adienne Srl is located in the northern Italian province …
Read More »Venezuelan President Maduro gets first shot of Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine
A masked Maduro took his jab in a video shared by TeleSUR on Saturday, with the network saying that Maduro received his shot after healthcare workers in the beleaguered Latin American country. With Venezuela’s fight against Covid-19 hampered by US sanctions, a shipment of 100,000 doses of Sputnik-V arrived in …
Read More »‘I’m not a killer’: Slovakia’s PM says he won’t give up on ‘quality’ Sputnik V vaccine only because it’s made in Russia
“Sputnik is not going back to Russia,” Matovic wrote in a post on Facebook, in capital letters. The PM recalled how he was branded “Putin’s sidekick” who deserve a place in the “hall of shame” after the first batch of Sputnik V arrived in the country earlier this week, while …
Read More »EU medicines regulator announces review of data for Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for potential use by member states
On Thursday, a statement on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) website confirmed that the review had been ordered. According to officials, the “decision to start the rolling review is based on results from laboratory studies and clinical studies in adults.” The move comes after two member states unilaterally approved the …
Read More »1st batch of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Mexico (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon said that the Russian vaccine has shown “very good results” and is “one of the best-evaluated in the world.” He added that more deliveries will come in the future. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which funded the development of …
Read More »US diplomats in Russia have asked to receive Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine after Washington failed to supply doses — reports
That’s according to The Washington Post, citing documents obtained by the newspaper, which revealed that the US’ representatives around the world have complained about the way their superiors have decided to distribute vaccines. “In Russia, some State Department personnel appealed to Moscow for doses of its Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine …
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