Wed 16 June 2021:
Vaccination against the coronavirus in Russia is not mandatory and the authorities do not plan to force citizens to get the injection, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Russian consumer rights watchdog announced that companies in Moscow and the Moscow Region were asked to vaccinate at least 60 percent of employees.
“As before, the vaccination is not compulsory, this issue is off the table,” Peskov said, when asked if there were any plans to enforce the vaccination throughout the entire country after the announcement.
Last month, Putin urged Russians to cast away any remaining doubts and said that the Russian vaccines were “the most reliable and safest” in the world.
“The most important thing is health. Please think about it,” 68-year-old Putin said.
But the Kremlin chief also said he was against compulsory vaccinations.
“Citizens should themselves understand this need, realise that if they do not get vaccinated they can face a very serious and even deadly danger,” he added.
In Moscow, vaccines are available for free to anyone who wants them, with vaccination centres set up at prominent sites including shopping malls and parks.
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