EU official’s opposition to Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine could be down to pharmaceutical company lobbying, Putin says

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President Vladimir Putin has blasted claims that the EU doesn’t need a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russian scientists, hinting that Brussels may have been influenced by a shadowy influence campaign from Western drug companies.

Speaking at a government meeting about Covid-19 immunization programs on Monday, Putin said that he was surprised to hear negativity from a senior EU figure about the prospect of access to another formula. Brussels’ internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, claimed the day before that the bloc has “absolutely no need of Sputnik V.”

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