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Britain Accuses Russia of Vaccine Disinformation Campaign

Jamie Dettmer

   British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Friday accused Russia of
   mounting a worldwide disinformation campaign aimed at eroding public
   confidence in Western coronavirus vaccines, calling the action
   "reprehensible" at a time when countries should be coming together to
   tackle a pandemic that's killed more than a million people.

   "Anyone trying to basically sabotage the efforts of those trying to
   develop a vaccine are deeply reprehensible, and it's pretty
   unacceptable and unjustified in any circumstances," he told Britain's
   Sky News.

   Western disinformation analysts say the campaign, which appears to be
   targeting mainly countries that have high case numbers of the
   coronavirus, including Brazil, India and Indonesia, appears partly
   aimed at building a market for Russia's own Sputnik V vaccine, which
   Western virologists fear is being rushed into development without
   appropriate trials.

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