Vatnik Soup
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Vatnik Soup is a Twitter-based series of threads of Russian disinformation actors that are compiled by Pekka Kallioniemi, a computer lecturer from Tampere University, Finland.[1][2] The name comes from the pejorative word for a Russian vatnik that refers to the cold-weather army clothes that Russian soldiers wear, but has since recently being used to refer to supporters or fellow travellers of Vladimir Putin or Ruscism.[3]
Since starting in 2022, Kallioniemi has compiled over 200 threads of people and organisations, mainly "useful idiots" who have been distributing Russian disinformation on social media, especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The threads initially profiled local Finnish fellow travellers such as Johan Bäckman,[4] but has since expanded to include people such Max Blumenthal and Viktor Orbán, and more controversially, public figures seen to have soft stances towards Russia, like Pope Francis.[5] It is now seen as part of the NAFO counter-disinformation network against Russian disinformation.
The Vatnik Soup series was published as a book in September 2024.[6] It has since been translated into Danish with a Czech edition also being released in September 2025.[citation needed]
Related people and organisations
[edit]- Andrew Anglin[7]
- Austria[8]—The country is noted for a soft stance against Russia, for Vienna's hub as a centre for spies, and links to major Russian corporations including Austria's main oil and gas company OMV and major financial institution Raiffeisen Bank International.
- Julian Assange[9]
- Arron Banks[10]
- Silvio Berlusconi[11]
- Max Blumenthal[12]
- Tucker Carlson[13]
- Noam Chomsky[14]
- Darryl Cooper [15]
- Kim Dotcom[16]
- Aleksandr Dugin[17]
- Michael Flynn[18]
- Pope Francis[19]
- Nick Fuentes[20]
- Tulsi Gabbard[21]
- George Galloway[22]
- Călin Georgescu[23]
- Marjorie Taylor Greene[24]
- Glenn Greenwald[25]
- Jackson Hinkle[26]
- Laura Loomer[27]
- Nicolás Maduro[28]
- Elon Musk[29][30][31]
- Fidias Panayiotou
- Jordan Peterson[32]
- Janus Putkonen[33]
- Tara Reade, the woman who accused Joe Biden of sexually abusing her.[34] She later defected to Russia.[35]
- Joe Rogan[36]
- Russian shadow fleet[37]
- Margarita Simonyan[38]
- Wagner Group[39]
- Viktor Yanukovych[40]
- ZeroHedge[41]
See also
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Text was copied from Vatnik Soup at RationalWiki, which is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA 3.0) license.
- ^ "Pekka Kallioniemi". Tampereen yliopiston tutkimusportaali (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ Smart, Jason Jay (2023-05-28). "'Vatnik Soup' - Too Hot for Moscow's Apologists' Taste". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Cuda, Heidi. "'Lying on Purpose' - Exposing a 'Vatnik Soup'". Byline Supplement. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ "Johan Bäckman". Vatnik Soup. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ "Viktor Orbán". Vatnik Soup. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ "Vatnik Soup". Kle•art. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Andrew Anglin
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Austria
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Julian Assange
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Arron Banks
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Silvio Berlusconi
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Max Blumenthal
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Tucker Carlson
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Noam Chomsky
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Darryl Cooper
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Kim Dotcom
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Aleksandr Dugin
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Michael Flynn
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Pope Francis
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Nick Fuentes
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Tulsi Gabbard
- ^ Vatnik Soup - George Galloway
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Călin Georgescu
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Marjorie Taylor Greene
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Glenn Greenwald
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Jackson Hinkle
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Laura Loomer
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Nicolás Maduro
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Elon Musk (part 1)
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Elon Musk (part 2)
- ^ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/podcasts/6319dfdc6cc5b/2023/11/1/7426738/
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Jordan Peterson
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Janus Putkonen
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Tara Reade
- ^ Martin Pengelly (May 30, 2023). "Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, defects to Russia". The Guardian.
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Joe Rogan
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Russian shadow fleet
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Margarita Simonyan
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Wagner Group
- ^ Vatnik Soup - Viktor Yanukovych
- ^ Vatnik Soup - ZeroHedge