Sputnik, the Sun: “Moscow stole the Astrazeneca formula”. The Russian Fund: “False News”
The new cold war between the United Kingdom and Russia is also projected on the front of anti Covid vaccines. The last suspect in this regard is launched by the Sun, British tabloid sensationalist of the Murdoch group, according to which there is the hand of some alleged spy from Moscow behind the creation of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V: antidote that would have been developed by copying the formula used by researchers at the University of Oxford to elaborate then produced by the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Downing Street has already made it known to take “seriously“the content of the article, while Mosca claimed it to the sender as a false, unfounded, evidence-free and blatantly” anti-scientific “provocation. The Sun quotes anonymous sources attributable to the intelligence community. And he attributes the ‘discovery’ to a team of British security experts who presented their conclusions to the government of Boris Johnson.
Asked about this, the Deputy Minister for National Security, Damian Hind, did not confirm the accusation, but evoked the risks of one international espionage always “more sophisticated”. While conservative deputy Bob Seely, anti-Russian voice of the Foreign Affairs commission of the House of Commons and a follower of American neo-con doctrines, has raised his cry of alarm against “Russian and Chinese espionage”. “I have read this article, I can say that we taking it extremely seriously all the allegations of cyberattacks and intellectual property theft, and we already have reported similar actions in the past, “a spokesman for Downing Street told reporters.
“AND another fake news it’s a blatant lie based on anonymous sources, “the Direct Investment Fund of Russia through the Twitter account of Sputnik V. A news “pushed by those who oppose the success of one of the most effective and safest vaccines in the world against Covid-19”, he added, speaking of “highly immoral that undermine the global vaccination effort “and that” make absolutely no scientific sense since Sputnik V and AstraZeneca different platforms“.
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