Original title: the Russian Deputy Speaker condemned European officials for hindering the approval of "satellite-v" vaccine due to political games

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Konstantin Kosachev, deputy speaker of the Council of the Russian Federation, said on October 8 local time that the red tape in the vaccine approval process, political pressure from European officials and unfair competition hindered the EU's approval of Russia's "satellite-v" vaccine.
According to the Tass News Agency reported on October 8th, Kosachev published Facebook on the same day, saying, "in this special case (COVID-19 period), it is totally immoral for bureaucratic procrastination. In addition, I think there are two factors that cause European officials to take the excuse as a pretext to do nothing. The first is political pressure." He cited the example of French EU affairs minister Clement Born's recent appeal to EU Member States not to recognize the Russian vaccine, as well as the statement of Italian Prime Minister Draghi that the EU would not recognize "satellite-v".
"The second is blatant unfair competition." Kosachev condemned the groundless statement that Russia did not submit the required document package. He said that the Russian Ministry of health had transmitted the full set of documents requested by the EU to the EU representative office in July.
"At the same time, the outside world has no doubt about the Russian vaccine itself or its effectiveness, neither experts nor the public. Millions of Hungarians have been vaccinated with 'satellite-v'. In addition, at the beginning of this month, the European Commission recognized the vaccination certificate of San Marino, and most residents in the region have been vaccinated with 'satellite-v'. However, for Europe For officials, this does not mean that the EU has recognized the Russian vaccine. "Kosachev warned that this political game will only hurt the public in the end.
Kremlin spokesman Peskov said on the 8th that the negotiations between Russia and the EU on mutual recognition of the new crown vaccination certificate will soon come to an end. "We are communicating on this matter. There are misunderstandings between Russia and the EU, but now I think we should be more optimistic. This work is at a constructive node, and we hope the results will appear as soon as possible. This is the most important thing," Peskov said.