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The Russian Sputnik V vaccine works better against the new Omicron strain than other vaccines used globally, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the 30th congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on Friday, TASS reported. 

"It seems today that our Sputnik V works well and, probably, even better against Omicron than other vaccines used globally," he said, adding that experts would provide the final estimation on the efficiency of Sputnik V against the Omicron strain in the coming days.

Moscow is ready to provide the one-shot vaccine Sputnik Light for other countries to use as a booster, including the European states, Putin noted. "We can even share vaccines we have with other countries, I mean as a booster, including with European countries as well," he said.