Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to encourage "vaccine tourism," where foreign citizens can visit the country to get a free Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
"There is widespread practice where business people and heads of companies come specifically to Russia to get a jab against the coronavirus," Putin told the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Moscow Times reported.
He added that he wanted "to be able to organize the conditions for foreign citizens to come to Russia and get vaccinated on a commercial basis."
The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the organization that's promoting Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, said on Twitter on Friday that it would be able to launch vaccine tourism by July 2021.
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