DISINFO: There is a well financed and organised campaign against Sputnik V
SUMMARY
There is a well-organised and well-financed campaign by big pharmaceutical companies and by political forces in Europe and the West against Sputnik V. The aim is to discredit the Russian vaccine and its efficiency against COVID-19. In this effort, they are using the press and the media.
RESPONSE
The article is part of a pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign on the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, launched after its announcement was met with scepticism and criticism, even by Russian specialists in the country.
However, evidence exists that it was Russia which has at all times perceived the development of a coronavirus vaccine mainly in terms of geopolitical and economic gain.
Vaccines admitted for sale on the EU market undergo the same scrutiny irrespectively of origin. For details of the review of Sputnik V see the EMA website.
Other disinformation reports following the same context said that the UK launched a smear campaign against it; that the US and the EU face multiple deaths out of fear to admit Russia’s success against coronavirus; that the WHO confirmed that Sputnik V was on Phase 3 of clinical testing already in August 2020; that the WHO and Microsoft sabotaged the Russian vaccine; that Europe is turning to Russia due to its desperate need for a vaccine; or that the West criticises the Sputnik V because it can’t accept Russia’s primacy and because its pharmaceutical companies will lose billions of dollars.