Trust fall: The Kremlin plans to reboot Russia’s mass vaccination campaign, but there are worries this will bring down Putin’s ratings

Russia is reporting 38,893 new coronavirus cases on average each day. Despite that, most Russians have little desire to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Indeed, only 35 percent of the country's population is fully vaccinated. The authorities in the Kremlin are well-aware of this fact -- and, according to Meduza's sources, they want to change the situation. As Meduza found out, President Vladimir Putin's Executive Office (the Presidential Administration) is going to take charge of rebooting Russia's mass vaccination campaign. Officials in Putin's administration complain that anti-vaccine rhetoric has "become mainstream" on the Russian Internet, and therefore plan to focus their efforts on promoting vaccination online. But although the Kremlin expects to be able to win over people who are on the fence about getting the jab, there are worries that forcing vaccinations could bring down Putin's ratings. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/11/16/trust-fall