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Russian President
Vladimir Putin likened the country s COVID-19 vaccine to a Kalashnikov assault rifle during a televised video conference on Thursday.
Putin was quoted by Interfax, an independent Russian news agency, as saying the Russian vaccines are very modern and without a doubt the most reliable and the safest today. As one European expert said, they re reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle. I think he s certainly right, the president added.
The Kalashnikov rifle, also known as an
AK-47, was developed in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II and remains one of the most widely used rifles around the world because of its reliability under harsh conditions, as well as its relatively low production costs.
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