EU's Borrell accuses Russia of spreading COVID-19 disinformation to sell its vaccine

FILE PHOTO: Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attends a news conference after a European Union Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium December 7, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top diplomat said on Monday that Russian public media had spread false information on European and American COVID-19 vaccines in countries where it wants to sell its own shot against the coronavirus.

"Western vaccine developers are openly mocked on multi-lingual Russian state-controlled media, which has in some cases led to absurd claims that vaccines will turn people into monkeys," Josep Borrell said in a blog post.