No, Vladimir Putin didn’t order COVID-19 vaccines to be destroyed in Russia

A recent blog post claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin "ordered the destruction of all COVID-19 vaccine stockpiles on Russian soil" because of "an undeniable connection" between the vaccine and "a sudden surge of HIV infections in vaccinated persons."

"Putin orders destruction of all COVID-19 vaccines in Russia," the March 4 post’s headline says.

But that’s incorrect. 

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We found no credible news reports or other sources to corroborate this post’s claims. 

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COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV, as some people have claimed, nor cause AIDS.

And on March 5, a day after the publication of this blog post alleging that Putin was destroying all COVID-19 vaccines, the country’s health ministry announced on Telegram that it had recently sent more batches of the Sputnik V vaccine to Moscow and other regions that had reported low stockpiles.

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