From January 6, the text on the imminent introduction of vaccine passports in Europe is actively distributed on social networks. Only citizens of foreign states who are vaccinated with a certified vaccine from Covid-19 will be able to get a visa to the EU. The text says that the list of such vaccines does not include the Russian “satellite V”, but for the “elite” already Pfizer vaccine is specially purchased. We checked whether this is really so.

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"Andrey Biljo:
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The European Union introduces its vaccine Europeports, strictly tying the issuance of Schengen visas to them. Only those citizens of foreign states will be able to count on a visa to the EU, including Russia, which will demonstrate covid passports with a mark of vaccination with drugs certified in Europe, that is, Moderna and Pfizer. Neither the “satellite V” nor the “vector” is included in the category of certified EU, which means they become vaccines for domestic use, which do not give the right to enter the EU countries according to the new passport and epidemiological rules.

In connection with this circumstance, under the noise of the propaganda campaign for vaccinations of ordinary Russians, a sovereign vaccine was activated loudly not advertised purchases of foreign vaccines in relatively small volumes for domestic elites and those citizens who can pocket a commercial vaccine to the vaccine opening the way to Europe. Thus, 2 million doses of PFIZER were purchased through the R-Farm company R-Farm, for those vaccinating, who are not indifferent to Schengen or, for example, a visa in the USA, Australia and other difficult, but entailing states. For the same reason, the introduction of Hungarian vaccine Europe had to abandon the Russian drug Sputnik-V.

In fact, a pandemic and a vaccine race associated with it lead to a new variety of an iron curtain, when for a transfer from Russia to the countries of the far abroad already ordinary visa formalities are not enough, and a mandatory mark is also required about the “correct” vaccine. Perhaps this approach of external partners will be limited by the acute period of the pandemic, which is calculated in one or two years, but it is not worth excluding that the restrictions come into force for a long time, that is, the score will go to the five-year plan.

Of course, in such a situation, the best way would be agreements on the mutual recognition of vaccines, but the epidemiological, and even more so the political situation at international intersections, is such that so far this goal is unattainable, and therefore each has its own vaccine and its own perimeter of opportunities.

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Presumably, the text began to spread from the Andrei Biljo account on Facebook. Now there is no such post on his page, but the text has been preserved on some resources - for example, Mayday! And RUS Republic. In the second case, the text was published in a special section “Telegram monitoring” with reference to the channel in Telegram “Master of the Per, that is, it is presented as information taken from social networks and therefore, perhaps, unverified.

In official sources, including European ones, at the moment there is no information about the introduction of vaccine passports in all EU countries, as there is no information that citizens of other countries will need vaccination with a specific drug to get a Schengen visa. Information appears that in some countries internal vaccine passports will be used, for example Denmark, however, there is no single solution for the EU. The text is distributed only in Russian -speaking social media and media reposts, which publish information from social media, not always reliable.

On January 11, the news appeared that Pfizer in 2021 would supply the Covid-19 vaccine developed with the Biontech only for already concluded state agreements. Without them, delivery to Russia through private clinics at the moment impossible. January 12 appeared informationthat Pfizer is considering the possibility of applying for registration of a vaccine against Covid-19 coronavirus in Russia. Accurate information about whether the PFIZER vaccine will appear in Russia, and this is not about the deadlines yet. According to information on January 13, the Israeli Hadassa Clinic in Skolkovo is negotiating the purchase of foreign vaccines.

It is known that since January, Russians who have passed vaccination from Covid-19, in the personal office on the portal of public services will issue electronic Certificates. However, they are not related to travel abroad.