t COVID-19, named Sputnik V, on August 11. The vaccine, created by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, was fast-tracked for approval after proving capable of building up immunity against the virus in limited human testing.Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin expressed hope on Sunday that the majority of the Russian capital's residents would be vaccinated against the coronavirus within several months.According to the health ministry, the delivery of the first batches of the Russian vaccine to the country's regions is planned in the nearest future.