He said this at a meeting of the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
“By the way, our Sputnik V is working - as it seems today, within a week experts will give a final assessment - it works well,” the head of state said.
According to Putin, "Sputnik V" works "perhaps even more efficiently in the fight against omicron than other vaccines used in the world."
RT was broadcasting.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that all Russian vaccines against coronavirus infection are tested for effectiveness against the omicron coronavirus strain.
Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said that there are no patients in Russia infected with the omicron strain of coronavirus in serious condition.