To: Veronika Folentova

Joint Stock Company

«Management Company of Russian Direct
Investment Fund»
Capital City, South Tower, 7th floor
Presnenskaya emb., 8/1, Moscow, Russia 123112
Tel.: +7 (495) 644-3414, Fax: +7 (495) 644-3413

08/05/2021

Dear Ms. Folentová,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), a leading sovereign wealth
fund with more than 10 billion US dollars under management.

On thw 8th of April Dennik N published an article by Veronika Folentová entitled “Čo píše v stanovisku
štátny ústav o Sputniku? Vakcíny v rôznych krajinách spája len názov” at https://dennikn.sk/2343450/co-
pise-v-stanovisku-statny-ustav-o-sputniku-vakciny-v-roznych-krajinach-spaja-len-nazov/.

The article referred to the number of incorrect and misleading statements made by the Slovak regulator –
State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL), which used for incorrect testing not EU-certified laboratory. RDIF
and the Gamaleya Institute repeatedly insisted that all these statements were false and incorrect and rejected
the Slovak allegations as "fake news".

We would like to inform you that, as the laboratory used by SUKL for incorrect testing was not EU-certified
for such testing, the batch of Sputnik V vaccine provided for Slovakia was sent to a certified lab in Hungary,
and on 07 May 2021 the Slovak Health Minister announced that the test run by Hungary’s National Public
Health Center in the EU-certified lab confirmed that Sputnik V batch sent to Slovakia met all safety and
other requirements (https://www.tasr.sk/tasr-clanok/TASR:20210507TBB00092). These conclusions
completely debunk earlier incorrect Slovak statements to the contrary.

We are concerned that your article in its current form contains unsubstantiated and false statements made by
SUKL earlier and now refuted by the certified lab. Therefore, the article may likely cause significant harm
to reputation and business interests of RDIF as an entity entitled to organize production and distribution of
the Sputnik V vaccine. We firmly insist that you either remove the article entirely or include in it the comment
of the Slovak Health Minister (https://www.tasr.sk/tasr-clanok/TASR:20210507TBB00092) and comments
of RDIF published on the Sputnik V official Twitter account
(https://twitter.com/sputnikvaccine/status/1390644720183951367?s=20).

We would like to note that we are deeply concerned about the numerous false and misleading statements
published by certain media in regards to the Sputnik V vaccine, which denigrate the entire Russian effort to
develop the world’s premier vaccine against Covid-19, plainly mislead the readers and cast doubts on all the
hard work performed by the individuals and entities involved in it, including RDIF, and on their commitment
to provide the humanity with one of the top three most efficacious vaccines at an affordable price.

Therefore, we ask you to either remove the article entirely or reflect our position by publishing the above
mentioned comments in full by the end of the day on May 9, 2021, as it is absolutely critical for us and shows
the reality of the situation as well as reflects the enormous efforts by RDIF and partners in fighting the
pandemic. Otherwise, RDIF reserves all rights to protect its reputation and legitimate interests and be
compensated for any caused harm, including by commencing court proceedings against Dennik N in any
relevant jurisdiction.

We also firmly insist that all the future articles published by Dennik N reflect our position by including the
aforementioned comment of the Slovak Health Minister and comments of RDIF published on the Sputnik V
official Twitter account.

Yours sincerely,

__________________
Mikhail Irzhevsky
General Counsel