This Video Does Not Show Vladimir Putin's Daughter Receiving COVID-19 Shots
BOOM found that the viral video shows Natalya, a medical student who went for the second phase of clinical trial at Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital.
A video of a volunteer who took part in a clinical trial for a Russian COVID-19 vaccine has surfaced with claims that misidentify her as Russian president Vladimir Putin's daughter.
The video shows the volunteer, identified as Natalya, studying medicine, inside a hospital lounge after receiving the vaccine. Furthermore, an unrelated image from 2017 showing Putin being felicitated by a girl, is also doing the rounds, where the latter has been misidentified as Putin's daughter.
These images and video are viral in the backdrop of reports about Russia developing the COVID-19 vaccine "Sputnik V". The Associated Press further reported that Putin's daughter is among those who were inoculated. 'Sputnik-V' COVID-19 produced by Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow in coordination with the Russian Defence Ministry was approved after initiating human trials in less than two months.
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— Zoya 🚨 (@Zoya_nafidi) August 11, 2020
Putin's daughter was among the volunteers for trials.#RussianVaccine #Russie pic.twitter.com/tQGjcIFcwp
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— Shubham Jain 🇮🇳 #stayathome (@Shubham29853785) August 11, 2020
Worlds first vaccine in russia given to Putin's daughter #Russian #putin pic.twitter.com/lT9kOh0JXI
According to reports, Putin has two daughters from his former wife Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova. Which of Putin's two daughters was administered the vaccine has not been divulged.