Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. Archival photoMOSCOW, Jan 28Every person has the right to choose which drug to get vaccinated against coronavirus, this also applies to foreign vaccines, the process of their registration is underway, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with RIA Novosti and other leading Russian media. «Naturally, each person is free to choose what he is vaccinated with. But much more important, it seems to me, is the mutual recognition of vaccines. Then the movement will be freer, and, most importantly, there will be opportunities, including for the use of foreign drugs» , — Medvedev said in response to the question of whether people should not be given, in order to increase the level of vaccination, the choice is to inject a Russian or Western vaccine. He noted that «no one prohibits foreign vaccines on the Russian market.» In accordance with our rules, the vaccine cannot appear just like that, because we need to make sure that it is at least not malicious. I know AstraZeneca did it and another Chinese firm that makes vaccines did it. These applications are now being considered, they have already reached the third stage — they seem to have been allowed — clinical trials. So such a process is underway,» the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council added.
