“We demand a public apology from EMA's Christa Virtumer-Hohe for her negative comments about EU states directly endorsing Sputnik V.

Her comments raise serious questions about possible political interference in the current EMA review process, ”the Russian vaccine said on Twitter.

The statement stressed that the European regulator "did not allow such statements about any other vaccine."

Earlier it was reported that RDIF signed an agreement on the production of Sputnik V in Italy.