text_1: Russian president Vladimir Putin slammed Western countries for using GMOs and vaccines that slow evolution.
text_2: In May 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a report saying there was no proof that genetically-engineered food is linked to health or environmental harm. As of 2015, the Russian government had blocked the growing of GMO crops domestically and had restricted GMO-based imports, but we couldn’t find any statements made by Putin revealing his personal views on the subject.