Timeline Of Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 Vaccine, Approved For Emergency Use In India by Bhaswati Guha Majumder - Apr 13, 2021 03:55 PM Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V Snapshot A quick look at the journey of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, from its early days till its entry in India. Russia's Covid-19 vaccine is the worldâs first to be registered based on the human adenoviral vector-based platform. Now, India has become the sixtieth country to approve the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave the green signal. Here is the journey of Sputnik V and its entry into India.