Russia: Sputnik V data still unreleased

Chief Researcher, National Research Center for Epidemiology and
Microbiology named after Gamaleya, Professor of Virology Anatoly
Altshtein urged not to hide (https://bit.ly/3HiOOrK), but to publish
the results of research on the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
(https://bit.ly/34nzMCg). Recall that the Ministry of Health of the
Russian Federation, in response to a request from State Duma deputy
Alexei Kurinny, stated that the results of clinical trials are
confidential and contain information constituting a trade secret.
Therefore, the provision of these data to persons who are not
developers of the drug is not provided for by law. The deputy sent
an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian
Federation about the concealment of publicly significant
information. Earlier, a similar answer was given to a request from
State Duma deputy Vladimir Plyakin. The Ministry of Health
believes that giving people data means sowing doubts in them
(https://bit.ly/3AJadYA).
In Russia, an interesting situation has developed with covid
vaccination. Authorities and developers claim that the Russian
vaccine is the best and most effective, but there are no test
results. At the same time, statistics show that in the most
vaccinated regions, the mortality rate is the same as in the most
unvaccinated (https://bit.ly/35B0S9T). That is, the increase in
vaccination does not reduce mortality at all. This may be due to
both the lack of effectiveness and the fact that covid has an
insignificant effect on the increase in mortality - within the limits
of statistical error. At the same time, under the conditions of mass
vaccination, the overall mortality rate in Russia has greatly
increased. If in 2020 there was an increase of 19%, then in 2021 it
will still be the same, and in two years it will reach almost 40%.
This is one of the worst results in the world. Which absolutely does
not converge with statements about the high effectiveness of Russian
vaccines. It is not surprising that the authorities hide Russia's
information about them.