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The Sputnik V moment: biotech, biowarfare and COVID-19 vaccine development in Russia and in former Soviet satellite states

Abstract:: Why has Russia been able to develop and produce Sputnik V while Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that are members of the European Union have only played a marginal role in global supply chains for the production of vaccines against COVID-19? We argue that this capacity results from efforts by Russia’s national security state and entrepreneurs to turn a Soviet advantage in the development of biological weapons into a contemporary public health advantage in vaccine and drug development. CEE countries have lacked Russia’s historical legacy of and contemporary drive for security motivated statecraft. Nor have they massively invested – as for example Cuba has – into their public health systems and in potential synergies between such systems and biotech firms.

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Naczyk, M., & Ban, C. (2022). The Sputnik V moment: biotech, biowarfare and COVID-19 vaccine development in Russia and in former Soviet satellite states. East European Politics, 38(4), 571–593.

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Naczyk, M., and C. Ban. “The Sputnik V Moment: Biotech, Biowarfare and COVID-19 Vaccine Development in Russia and in Former Soviet Satellite States.” East European Politics, vol. 38, no. 4, Taylor and Francis, 2022, pp. 571–93.

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Naczyk, M, and C Ban. 2022. “The Sputnik V Moment: Biotech, Biowarfare and COVID-19 Vaccine Development in Russia and in Former Soviet Satellite States.” East European Politics 38 (4): 571–93.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1080/21599165.2022.2121117

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Social Policy & Intervention
Oxford college:: Kellogg College
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Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Journal:: East European Politics More from this journal
Volume:: 38
Issue:: 4
Pages:: 571-593
Publication date:: 2022-09-21
Acceptance date:: 2022-01-12
DOI:: 10.1080/21599165.2022.2121117
EISSN:: 2159-9173
ISSN:: 2159-9165

Language:: English
Keywords:: FFR
Pubs id:: 1247019
Local pid:: pubs:1247019
Deposit date:: 2022-03-24

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Copyright holder:: Naczyk and Ban
Copyright date:: 2022
Rights statement:: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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