Brought to speak on February 5, 2021 on CNews on a possible use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V by France, Bernard-Henri Lévy moved the question to the geopolitical field, employing an offensive rhetoric against Moscow.
Oppose Russia in all circumstances, even when it comes to public health? Guest on CNews on February 5 to decide on a possible order for the Russian vaccine Sputnik V by France or Germany in order to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Bernard-Henri Lévy judged that it would be more relevant to raise the tone against Moscow, citing the case of Alexey Navalny. The Russian opponent was sentenced on February 2 to a prison sentence for repeatedly violating the conditions of judicial review demanded by a suspended prison sentence, handed down in 2014 in a case of embezzlement.
There are a lot of vaccines
“There are a lot of vaccines [qui existent] : what is happening in Russia is extremely serious […] The urgency is to say [à Vladimir Poutine] that Europe and the West will not accept it “, hammered the writer, anticipating moreover” an end of reign “of the current Russian president. “The urgency is not to order vaccines from Putin, but to condemn the incredible crackdown on freedoms in Russia,” added BHL on Twitter, used to holding an aggressive speech towards the authorities Russians in the name of the defense of human rights and democratic values.
This speech echoes that of several Western governments which have condemned the imprisonment and conviction of Alexei Navalny, but also the management by the Russian security forces of illegal demonstrations in support of the opponent. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly denounced the interference of Western countries in Russian affairs, pointing out the presence of foreign diplomats at the hearing of Alexey Navalny, the calls of Western governments for the liberation of Russia. opposing or even the indication, on the site of the American Embassy in Moscow of the times and places of unauthorized pro-Navalny mobilizations in Russia.
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s politicization of Sputnik V is not so shared. A number of European governments, which are also critical of Moscow on the Navalny affair, have declared themselves open to the deployment of this Russian vaccine if the European Medicines Agency validates it. Within the European Union, the Hungarian authorities have already authorized Sputnik V and announced that they have concluded an agreement to acquire it.
On February 2, the British scientific journal The Lancet published results on the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, which demonstrated its 91.6% effectiveness against symptomatic forms of Covid-19, reinforcing this trend.
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