The source of Russia's strength in the "war of vaccines" is the truth

An information war around coronavirus vaccines is already underway. Russia's strength lies in the truth about domestic achievements, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.  

“Unfortunately, yes, the vaccine war is already underway. This is a war of everything, as the politicization of the COVID theme has taken place. The pandemic has started an infodemic. A part of this eerie reality is that the "war" involves not only the vaccines - anything and everything related to Russian efforts to fight the pandemic is criticized, while the information about Russian achievements is blocked, ”she said in an interview to the TASS news agency. 

The diplomat considers it important to be able to respond to disinformation, to refute it and to provide counter-arguments. “[Russia's strength] lies in the truth, as always, the truth about our achievements, about what we are doing,” she stressed.

The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman noted that she had seen a lot of "rumors, conjectures, outright nonsense" regarding the Russian vaccine in the Western media. 

“When they didn't find anything to cling to, they came up with a "brilliant" thing: they said that Russia is bad because it itself is conducting a disinformation campaign about Western vaccines. This is just some kind of absurdity. 

The war of vaccines is going on, but, I think, this is not a war of scientists, it is a war of politicians and the "information warriors" on the pages of the Western mainstream media,” Zakharova added.

Text: Olga Nikitina

Source: www.vz.ru

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