@gemlog He probably did say that (his wording might have been more ambiguous though) , but you'll never find it in English. That's the way this propaganda machine works: they keep internal agenda separate to what they give to international audience.
It was funny how they tried to convince people to vaccinate internally, but spread misinformation about vaccines worldwide. People in Russia sent each other links to translated English-language articles at RT, so the vaccination campaign failed 😂