MOSCOW, Aug 24 (New York Times): It was with great fanfare that President Vladimir Putin and other officials announced this month that 1 billion doses of a Russian vaccine for the new coronavirus would soon be rolled out, supposedly putting an end to the worst pandemic in a century.
But rather than taking a bow for saving the world with their vaccine, which they call Sputnik V, Russian health officials have found themselves on the defensive.
"Some foreign colleagues, who must have felt certain competition and competitive edges of Russia's product, have been trying to express opinions that we find totally groundless," the minister of health, Mikhail Murashko, told a news conference in Moscow.
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