Ride ’Em, Vladimir
Eric Löbbecke
9 May 2020
Clearly keen to win the global race for a vaccine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Sputnik V vaccine in August. Scientists raised concerns over how brief the human trials had been in the lead-up to its approval. Putin, however, was quick to begin work on potential international sales.
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