A March 5 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a tweet that claims Russia is putting an end to the COVID-19 vaccine.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the destruction of all Covid-19 vaccine stockpiles on Russian soil, 48 hours after the scientist who made Russian vaccine was found strangled to death," reads the tweet.
The Instagram post received over 1,000 likes in less than two weeks, and the original tweet garnered more than 500 retweets.
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The Russian Ministry of Health continues to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine throughout Russia. The claim originated from website that regularly publishes fabricated stories.
There's no evidence Putin ordered the destruction of all COVID-19 vaccines in Russia. There are no credible news reports about such a development.
The Russian Ministry of Health shared a post on Telegram on March 5 saying it sent batches of Sputnik V, Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, to several regions in the country.
"Batches of the Sputnik V vaccine have been distributed by the Russian Ministry of Health and have already been sent by the supplier to the city of Moscow and a number of other regions that have reported a decrease in vaccine residues," reads an English translation of the post. "The...
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