"Vaccination really remains voluntary," RIA Novosti quotes a Kremlin spokesman.
According to him, he has no doubts that during the direct line, Russian leader Vladimir Putin will give a detailed answer to this question.
Peskov drew an analogy with sanitary books that cooks need to have in children's canteens.
“Is it required?
Required.
But you don't have to go to work as a cook, ”he said.
Earlier it was reported that the basis of the questions that are received this year on a direct line is the topic of coronavirus.
The Kremlin emphasized that de facto and de jure there is no compulsory vaccination in the country, there are decisions of individual regions for workers in a number of industries.
According to the Ministry of Health, over 23 million people have been vaccinated with the first component of the COVID-19 vaccine in Russia to date.