Kremlin says 'unprecedented' pressure on countries to reject Sputnik V vaccine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks when asked to comment on a US government report which appeared to show that the United States had attempted to dissuade Brazil from buying Sputnik V.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that pressure on some countries to refuse to buy Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 was at unprecedented levels, but that said such efforts had no chances of success.

People walk on a sunny day in the Kremlin of Ryazan in Russia. (Reuters)

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks when asked to comment on a US government report which appeared to show that the United States had attempted to dissuade Brazil from buying Sputnik V.

He said Russia was against politicising the situation around vaccines.