Putin Seeks to Boost Russia’s Vaccinations

Ampoules containing the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 68, got his first coronavirus shot last week, seven months after announcing to the world that Russia would register the first vaccine to fight the global pandemic.