“I would say that three players - China, Russia and Iran - are trying to prevent us from getting the vaccine ... Russia has officially declared that they have the vaccine.

You know, I'm not sure if yesterday or today I saw reports that half of the Russian population does not believe this, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying in an interview with Hearst TV company.

Evanina expressed doubt that Russia will bring the vaccine to the world market. 

In addition, he did not specify on the basis of which messages the conclusions were drawn.

In September, the Russian Embassy in the United States called on the American side to focus on combating the spread of coronavirus infection, and not on the Russian vaccine against COVID-19.