He lived with his sick mother and never had a regular job. He had no obvious source of income and, according to his uncle, even signed up for welfare benefits as a caregiver deserving of state support.
An investigation in Slovakia has exposed how Russian clandestine operations are trying to sow discord in Europe and create sympathy for Moscow over Ukraine.
Miroslava Sawiris is a Research Fellow for Democracy and Resilience at the GLOBSEC Policy Institute.
Despite significant efforts exerted by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and propaganda theatre of political leaders ‘welcoming’ batches of the so far EMA-unapproved Sputnik V, only 5% of populations living in 10 Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) would opt to get vaccinated by Sputnik V over other vaccines approved by EMA, according to the latest representative public opinion polling by GLOBSEC.
The only outlier is Slovakia, where the percentage reaches 15%. However, even here, despite the massive discussion of the Russian vaccine dominating public discourse for a couple of months, 42% of the population would still pick Western vaccine or any EMA-approved vaccine over Sputnik V.