Sputnik V vaccine. Archive photo MOSCOW, Jan 2 Moscow sees encouraging signals in the issue of recognition The WHO of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, but considers them more likely to be calming, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told RIA Novosti. — that just about in the first quarter, in the first half of the year (Sputnik V may receive approval. — Ed.) «, — he said. In mid-December, the WHO announced that they could recognize the Russian vaccine in the first quarter of the new year … An inspection is to come to Russia in January to check technological processes. Now Sputnik V has already been approved by more than 70 countries with a total population of four billion people (more than half of the world's population). In terms of the number of approvals from government regulators, the vaccine ranks second in the world. At the same time, it is not available in the US and EU countries. «Sputnik V» was developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology with the support of RDIF, it is the world's first registered drug against COVID-19. Data from both its clinical trials and its use in different countries (Argentina, San Marino, Serbia, Hungary, Bahrain, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Belarus) demonstrate that it is one of the safest and most effective vaccines against coronavirus. 
Hungary called the situation with the non-recognition of» Sputnik V «political
