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Putin’s Once-Scorned Vaccine Now Favorite in Pandemic Fight
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Sputnik V’s 92% efficacy in peer review rivals U.S., EU shots
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Production capacity now main brake on Russian ambitions
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President Vladimir Putin’s announcement in August that Russia had cleared the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for use before it even completed safety trials sparked skepticism worldwide. Now he may reap diplomatic dividends as Russia basks in arguably its biggest scientific breakthrough since the Soviet era.