China News Service, May 7th. According to Russian Satellite Network, Russian President Putin said in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Golikova that Russia is willing to support the idea of canceling patent protection for the new crown vaccine.
On April 21, local time, Russian President Putin delivered a State of the Union address in Moscow.
He said: "We are now hearing that Europe has such an idea. I think that the complete cancellation of the patent protection of the new crown vaccine is worthy of attention. Not only does this not violate, but as far as I know, it conforms to some WTO regulations, that is, in emergency Under the circumstances, similar patent protection will be cancelled."
Putin emphasized that the new crown epidemic is an emergency.
Putin said: "I ask you to start work on this. Of course, Russia supports this idea."
The Russian President also stated that when fighting the new crown epidemic, one should think about human safety, not profit.