The Kremlin said in a statement on Friday that that there were shortages in some areas, such was the level of "growing demand." But many just don’t trust Russian-made shots. Samyr Oynushev, a musician from Moscow, has no plans to get the vaccination, though he believes Covid vaccines are necessary. “If I had a choice, I would rather take a non-Russian vaccine,” the 29-year-old said. “I think that [low vaccination rates] are primarily the fault of the government, that people don't trust them so much.” Others feel that after recovering from Covid-19, they don’t need to rush to get a vaccination. According to one study published in the journal Nature, around 45 percent of the adult population of Russia’s second city, St. Petersburg, have antibodies to the coronavirus.