Sputnik V

Russia

How Russia lurched from vaccine victory to COVID crisis

Businesses in Russia can suspend employees with no pay if they refuse to get vaccinated

Gabriel Gavin

The truth about Russia’s hidden COVID deaths

Russia’s health service is infamously underfunded, but many of its doctors remain world-class

Owen Matthews

Could the Sputnik vaccine end Russia’s rift with the West?

Any deal would represent quite a turnaround for France and Germany

Mary Dejevsky

How the Sputnik vaccine brought down Slovakia’s prime minister

The rise and fall of Igor Matovič

William Nattrass

Russia

Russians are wary of Putin’s vaccine

Russians have learnt to be suspicious of bullish official claims

Mark Galeotti