Sputnik V to revive Czechoslovakia

The secret procurement of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, that Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovic organised, has triggered a serious split in the ruling coalition of the small European country. Russian vaccine triggers government crisis in Slovakia According to Slovak media, the government of Slovakia purchased the Russian vaccine covertly. Supposedly, Matovic did not consult his colleagues in the ruling coalition when making the decision.On Monday, March 1, 200,000 out of two million ordered doses of Sputnik V arrived in Slovakia.The ruling coalition of Slovakia includes: Matovic's party Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (25% of votes in the 2020 parliamentary elections, 53 seats); We Are Family movement led by Boris Kollar (8.24%, 17 seats); Freedom and Solidarity party (6.22%, 13 seats), For the People party led by former President of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Kiska (5.77%, 12 seats). Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok (Freedom and Solidarity) said on Tuesday that the Russian vaccine was a "hybrid warfare tool." The Foreign Minister asked for a meeting with the leading politicians of the country: President Zuzana Caputova, Parliament Speaker Boris Kollar and Igor Matovic, from whom he wanted to hear assurances that the purchase of the Russian vaccine could not change Slovakia's European and transatlantic choice.