Has Russia’s vaccine disinformation campaign fatally backfired?

Country’s Covid deaths climb to record high as authorities grapple with jab mistrust

Tourists wearing face masks walk through Red Square, Moscow
Tourists wearing face masks walk through Red Square, Moscow
(Image credit: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia has set a new record for Covid-19 deaths amid low vaccine take-up even as a fourth wave of the virus sweeps across the nation.

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