The first batch of 15,000 dozes of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine have arrived in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), President Arayik Harutyunyan revealed on Thursday, April 29.

Harutyunyan thanked the Lazarev club and Russian lawmaker Konstantin Zatulin for the initiative.

The club was created by Armenian and Russian politicians and intellectuals in 2018 for strengthening of mutual trust and allied interaction between the two nations.

According to Harutyunyan, the vaccines are a huge support for Artsakh which is currently in the process of overcoming the consequences of the war.