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On Friday, I. Šimonytė spoke forcefully about Sputnik V, stating that the vaccine was offered by Russian President Vladimir Putin as another hybrid weapon to help Moscow divide and rule.
“They say that Sputnik V is a good vaccine, but Putin does not want to use it to treat the Russian population; he offers it to the world as another hybrid weapon to break down and control,” Šimonytė wrote on Twitter.
“This is not news or anything good for humanity,” he added.
The Russian embassy called it disinformation and claimed that the Russian vaccine was “internationally recognized.”
“Despite a wave of misinformation and similar unsubstantiated accusations at all stages of vaccine development and use, the internationally recognized data from Sputnik V speaks for itself. Mass vaccination is already taking place in Russia. And in Lithuania? ”Says the embassy’s Twitter account.
At a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday, EU chief of diplomacy Josep Borrell expressed hope that the European Medicines Agency would recommend approval of the Russian vaccine in the UE too. He also called the Sputnik V vaccine “good news for humanity.”
On Friday, I. Šimonytė stated that Lithuania does not plan to buy the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V” because it has not been approved by the European Medicines Agency.
“No, we do not plan, because this vaccine is not registered in any country in the European Union and the EMA (European Medicines Agency – ELTA) has not really evaluated it,” I. Šimonytė told a press conference organized by the government. .
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