The Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, has become embroiled in the international furore over the invasion of Ukraine, after the US, the EU and the UK said they would impose sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has backed the vaccine’s development.
Sputnik COVID-19 Vaccine Caught Up In Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine Invasion
As Russia intensifies its invasion of Ukraine with missile attacks and a convoy of armored vehicles, the funder and promoter of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, has found itself the subject of punitive international sanctions alongside Russia’s Central Bank.
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