China and Russia adopt 'one team' mindset on COVID vaccines vs US

Neighbors deepen cooperation as Washington vows to 'distrust but verify'

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A nurse prepares Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in a post-registration trial in Moscow on Sept. 17. © Reuters

DIMITRI SIMES JR., Contributing writer

MOSCOW -- China and Russia, two countries whose efforts to develop coronavirus vaccines have drawn sharp critiques from the U.S., are stepping up cooperation in the inoculation race.

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