Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation: doctors who oppose vaccination threaten the lives of citizens pose a threat to the lives of citizens. This was stated by the Assistant Minister of Health Alexei Kuznetsov, explaining Mikhail Murashko's speech in the State Duma, TASS reports. health minister stressed that such behavior endangers the life and health of citizens, “- said Kuznetsov. He also said that the minister, responding to the proposal of the deputies to amend the legislation, including the Criminal Code, said that this is not required, since all the necessary measures of responsibility are provided for by current laws. Earlier, the director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gintsburg, said that in order to defeat COVID-19 in Russia, one the condition is to make vaccination mandatory. The Kremlin noted that no such decisions have been made at the federal level at present.