DISINFO: In terms of the Sputnik V vaccine, the Polish hatred towards Russia prevails over reason
SUMMARY
Geopolitics should not play any role when it comes to health or freedom of choice. Many people in Slovakia trust the Russian vaccine more than the vaccines from the Western countries, so it is good that they will have a choice.
Poland is one of the countries where hatred towards Russia is so strong that it often prevails over reason when making strategic decisions – this situation harms the country. Slovakia is much more pragmatic and a large part of our nation respects Russia, especially the sacrifice of the Russian people in the liberation of this country from Fascism.
RESPONSE
This is a recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the “Russophobic” Poland and Sputnik V vaccine.
The claim that Poland rejects the Sputnik V vaccine because of Russophobia is disinformation.
This vaccine has not been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) yet. EMA announced on the 4th March 2021 that it has started a rolling review of Sputnik V. In this situation, the Polish authorities declared that they will not put Polish lives at risk until they receive results from the EMA.
See other examples of messages connected to the Sputnik V: Western attacks on the Russian coronavirus vaccine are a corporate cold war against humanity, Russian progress in COVID-19 vaccine has become for the West an outrageous challenge and The West wants to discredit the Sputnik V.