Vatnik Soup

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.Tampereen Yliopisto - Pekka Kailloniemi The name comes from the pejorative word for a Russian which 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.
Since starting in 2022, Kallioniemi has compiled over 200 threads of people and organisations, mainly useful idiots who have been distributing Russian disinformation, especially on the War in Ukraine on social media. Initially it was local Finnish fellow travellers including Vatnik Soup - Johan Bäckman but now including people such Max Blumenthal and Viktor Orbán, and more controversially public figures seen to have soft stances towards Russia, like Pope Francis.Vatnik Soup - Viktor Orbán It is now seen as part of the counter-disinformation network against Russian disinformation.
== Notable threads ==
*Andrew AnglinVatnik Soup - Andrew Anglin
*AustriaVatnik Soup - Austria — The country is noted for a soft stance against Russia, for Vienna's hub as a and links to major Russian corporations including Austria's main oil and gas company and major financial institution 
*Julian AssangeVatnik Soup - Julian Assange
*Arron BanksVatnik Soup - Arron Banks
*Silvio BerlusconiVatnik Soup - Silvio Berlusconi
*Max BlumenthalVatnik Soup - Max Blumenthal
*Tucker CarlsonVatnik Soup - Tucker Carlson 
*Noam ChomskyVatnik Soup - Noam Chomsky
*Vatnik Soup - Kim Dotcom
*Aleksandr DuginVatnik Soup - Aleksandr Dugin
*Michael FlynnVatnik Soup - Michael Flynn
*Pope FrancisVatnik Soup - Pope Francis — Francis's relationship with Patriarch Kirill was called into question, in particular with how the pontiff did not strongly rebuke Kirill's Kremlin buddy for the mess he made
*Tulsi GabbardVatnik Soup - Tulsi Gabbard
*George GallowayVatnik Soup - George Galloway
*Marjorie Taylor GreeneVatnik Soup - Marjorie Taylor Greene
*Glenn GreenwaldVatnik Soup - Glenn Greenwald
*Jackson HinkleVatnik Soup - Jackson Hinkle
*LEVELIVatnik Soup - LEVELI – Finnish pro-Russian/conspiracy theory podcast run by and Nico Giansanti
*Vatnik Soup - Tuomas Malinen — Finnish economist and conspiracy theorist
*Elon MuskVatnik Soup - Elon Musk (part 1)Vatnik Soup - Elon Musk (part 2) 
*Jordan PetersonVatnik Soup - Jordan Peterson
*Vatnik Soup - Janus Putkonen — The man who started the soup. A Finn who has been distributing Russian propaganda to other Finns, through his news website MV-lehti.
*Tara Reade, the woman who accused Joe Biden of sexually abusing her.Vatnik Soup - Tara Reade She later defected to Russia.Martin Pengelly (May 30, 2023). "Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, defects to Russia". The Guardian.
*Margarita SimonyanVatnik Soup - Margarita Simonyan
*Wagner GroupVatnik Soup - Wagner Group
*ZeroHedge Vatnik Soup - ZeroHedge
==See also==
*Fun:Vatnik argument bingo: Ukraine edition
== External links ==
*The soup website, which includes links to all the threads
==References==
Category:Alt-right
Category:Propaganda
Category:Finland
Category:Russia
Category:Totalitarianism
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