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Ride ’Em, Vladimir

A shirtless Vladimir Putin rides a green ball of coronavirus, trying to control it by holding onto two of its prongs.

Clearly keen to win the global race for a vaccine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Sputnik V vaccine in August. Scientists raised concerns over how brief the human trials had been in the lead-up to its approval. Putin, however, was quick to begin work on potential international sales.