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The Slovak government has instructed Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarski to ensure that Sputnik V is available from 7 June.
Slovakia currently has 200,000 doses of Sputnik V in stock, but has not yet decided on the use of this vaccine.
Hungary has so far been the only EU country to use Sputnik V to vaccinate the population against the new coronavirus.
The collusion on the acquisition of Sputnik V with Russia by the then Prime Minister of Slovakia, Igor Matovic, triggered a political crisis in Slovakia in March, which led to the fall of the government.
However, the use of Sputnik V in Slovakia remains a controversial issue.
Lengvarski said on Tuesday that he would like Sputnik V to be approved by the EZA first, and only then used to vaccinate people in Slovakia.
Asked on Wednesday if he was ready to put up with Sputnik V or recommend it to his relatives, the minister replied in the negative.
Lengvarski said that Ministry of Health is working to give people a free choice between the available Covid-19 vaccines.
Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines have been used in Slovakia so far and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be used soon. All of these vaccines are approved by the EZA.
Lengvarski said Sputnik V will be used by people between the ages of 18 and 60 because Slovakia lacks information from Russia to allow older people.
He said that the Slovak state is taking responsibility for the possible negative side effects of Sputnik V.
Lengvarski stated that after the use of 200,000 doses of Sputnik V, new doses will only be imported after the vaccine has been approved by the ESA.
In Slovakia, with a population of 5.4 million, 774,928 people have been fully vaccinated. More than 1.6 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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