DISINFO: The West is waging a war over the COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine
SUMMARY
The West has waged a vaccine war over the COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine. It is a geopolitical confrontation that really has nothing to do with the vaccine. Clinical trials are ongoing and the results are positive.
RESPONSE
The article is part of a pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign in support of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus. Tests were not completed before Russia released any information about the vaccine. Criticism and scepticism come mainly from professional circles, not from Western officials or pharmaceutical companies. The operation of the vaccine is questioned even by specialists directly from Russia. The same disinformation campaign includes statements such as "Western attacks on the Russian coronavirus vaccine are a corporate cold war against humanity" or "Russian progress in COVID-19 vaccine has become for the West an outrageous challenge".