Putin says he received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19

Putin says he received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19
Russian president Vladimir Putin. (File/AFP)
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Updated 30 June 2021
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Putin says he received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19

Putin says he received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19
  • Putin, 68, received two vaccine shots

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 earlier this year after previously declining to disclose which vaccine he had taken.

Putin, 68, received two vaccine shots against COVID-19 in March and April, the Kremlin has said. Authorities did not publish video footage of him being inoculated.