Lucknow, Nov. 15 -- The Russian government took a sensitive stand on the appeal of Manu Srivastava of Lucknow to save the life of his 21-year-old son Ansh Srivastava, who is suffering from cancer.

Manu Srivastava told ANI that the cancer vaccine in Russia was not available in India, and so he requested the Russian government to conduct its vaccine trial on his son.

"I requested them, since my son had stage four cancer here. He's being treated here, but the doctors haven't been fully responsive. I was worried as there was no certainty. So when I learned that a vaccine had been developed in Russia, proving very effective in treating cancer, I sent letters to the Government of India and the Russian government. The reply came back saying my...