Vatnik

Vatnik is a political pejorative that is used in Russia and other post-Soviet states for the steadfast jingoistic followers of propaganda from the Russian government.

The word started as an Internet meme created by Anton Chadskiy on VKontakte in 2011, and later used in Russia and in other post-Soviet states. Russia and other former Soviet countries. The meme shows a character made from a padded cotton wool jacket (vatnik in Russian) with a black eye. It is used to mock someone as overly patriotic and not very smart, who blindly follows the ideas shown in Russian government media and by online groups.

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