In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed]
![In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Photo of a Succulent Plant](/assets/images/in_moscow_who_can_be_inoculated_with_the_sputnik_v_vaccine_closed_0.jpeg "In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Photo of a Succulent Plant")
On German TV, there are reports that in the shopping mall GUM (ГУМ) in central Moscow anyone who walks in and shows a passport can be inoculated with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.
Could anyone (maybe living in Moscow) confirm this is really true for everybody? Or would they ask for proof of Russian residency for example? Basically, if I am in Moscow on a business trip, can I go there and get vaccinated?
Best Answer
Apparently, a russian internal passport is needed to get a vaccine. (A passport in Russia can mean two separate documents: an internal passport, used as the main person ID inside Russia, and which naturally proves your Russian citizenship, and a foreign-travel passport where you get your visas to. When someone says simply "passport", they usually mean the former.)
In particular, recently there was a news report that one of largest Russian taxi and food delivery service, Yandex.Taxi, asks the government to allow vaccinating of their drivers and couriers working in Moscow who are foreign citizens (there are a lot of drivers and couriers in Moscow who are citizens of other former Soviet republics), and this news also explicitly says that vaccination currently is available only to Russia citizens.
Pictures about "In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed]"
![In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Person Holding Can With Cactus Plant](/assets/images/in_moscow_who_can_be_inoculated_with_the_sputnik_v_vaccine_closed_1.jpeg "In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Person Holding Can With Cactus Plant")
![In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Gray Can on Grass](/assets/images/in_moscow_who_can_be_inoculated_with_the_sputnik_v_vaccine_closed_2.jpeg "In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Gray Can on Grass")
![In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Close-up View Of Vaccines For Covid-19](/assets/images/in_moscow_who_can_be_inoculated_with_the_sputnik_v_vaccine_closed_3.jpeg "In Moscow, who can be inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine? [closed] - Close-up View Of Vaccines For Covid-19")
Russia becomes first country to approve COVID-19 vaccine with 'Sputnik-V'
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Ylanite Koppens, Dids, Lisa, Nataliya Vaitkevich