The Russian Direct Investment Fund offered to sell Bosnia’s Federation (FBiH) entity Sputnik V vaccines, which would have allegedly arrived in February, for the price of 9.95 Bosnian Marks per dose, but the Bosnian embassy in Russia never received an answer to the offer from BiH, the country's ambassador in Moscow, Zeljko Samardzija, confirmed.

Samardzija explained that at the end of January, the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked him for information on the characteristics of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, based on a request from the Ministry of Health of the semi-autonomous FBiH entity. He said that he immediately contacted the Russian Direct Investment Fund about it.

“They provided all valid information about the price of the vaccine and the method of transport. They even said that one batch of 20-30 thousand could be delivered within 10 to 15 days,” he said.

He said that he submitted all the information to the BiH Foreign Affairs Ministry.

“After that, no one contacted me,” he said.

Samardzija also noted that he was not involved in the procurement of the Sputnik V vaccines in the other Bosnian entity, Republika Srpska (RS).