Thread by @antonioregalado

Russian Federation public relations sent me a statement from Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, crowing about how U.S. may follow their license-first, see if it works later, coronavirus vaccine strategy.

Read on to see how they troll:

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Dear all,

Please see below the quote by RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev:

“The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) notes the desire of the US and British authorities to follow the fast-track registration procedure for coronavirus vaccines ...applied in the Russian Federation.

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"Our partners in the United States and the United Kingdom have recently aggressively criticized Russia for registering the world's first vaccine against COVID-19, Sputnik V.

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(more: technologyreview.com/2020/08/11/100… )

"However, just a few weeks later, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Government announced the possibility of accelerated registration of the British vaccine, and two days later Stephen Hahn, the head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), made a similar statement

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"about the possibility of registering a vaccine before Phase 3 of clinical trials is completed, thereby exactly following the example of Russia.

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"We support the desire of our partners to protect their citizens and are ready to offer comprehensive support and expertise for the early approval of the most effective and safe drugs against coronavirus.

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"As I have previously mentioned, the Western world was shocked by Russia's success and had to go through four stages of accepting the inevitable: denial, anger, depression, and ultimately acceptance.

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Recent statements show that some of our western partners have already passed the stage of depression and it has now been accepted that Russia’s approach is the correct one.”

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END

( the PR firm handling this is Hudson Sandler of London)

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