The issue of COVID-19 altered the spirit of international cooperation, thus, increasing the gap between the declared intentions to get united in the fight against the decease and actual actions of the states, entered into a competition for the means of protection. The issue of a right vaccine has become an influential tool, which is attractive to use in geopolitical power games, as a country-manufacturer is considered to be in a possession of an important resource, capable to regulate the risks of a human’s physical existence and even health of entire nations.