MOSCOW (Reuters) – The sanctions-hit Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which markets Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, on Wednesday said it hopes that Russian and Ukrainian officials can reach a peace deal. The United States and Britain have announced sanctions against RDIF, a financial entity functioning as a sovereign wealth fund and designed to attract capital into high-growth sectors, over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by David Goodman)