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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] The name comes from the pejorative word for a Russian vatnik, 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 Johan Bäckman,[2] 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.[3] It is now seen as part of the NAFO counter-disinformation network against Russian disinformation.

## Contents

* 1 Notable threads
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 References

## Notable threads[edit]

* Andrew Anglin[4]
* Austria[5] — 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.
* Julian Assange[6]
* Arron Banks[7]
* Silvio Berlusconi[8]
* Max Blumenthal[9]
* Tucker Carlson[10]
* Noam Chomsky[11]
* Kim Dotcom[12]
* Aleksandr Dugin[13]
* Michael Flynn[14]
* Pope Francis[15] — 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 Gabbard[16]
* George Galloway[17]
* Marjorie Taylor Greene[18]
* Glenn Greenwald[19]
* Jackson Hinkle[20]
* LEVELI[21] – Finnish pro-Russian/conspiracy theory podcast run by Slim Mill and Nico Giansanti
* Tuomas Malinen[22] — Finnish economist and conspiracy theorist
* Elon Musk[23][24]
* Jordan Peterson[25]
* Janus Putkonen[26] — 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.[27] She later defected to Russia.[28]
* Margarita Simonyan[29]
* Wagner Group[30]
* ZeroHedge[31]

## See also[edit]

* Fun:Vatnik argument bingo: Ukraine edition

## External links[edit]

* The soup website, which includes links to all the threads

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Tampereen Yliopisto - Pekka Kailloniemi
2. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Johan Bäckman
3. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Viktor Orbán
4. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Andrew Anglin
5. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Austria
6. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Julian Assange
7. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Arron Banks
8. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Silvio Berlusconi
9. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Max Blumenthal
10. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Tucker Carlson
11. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Noam Chomsky
12. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Kim Dotcom
13. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Aleksandr Dugin
14. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Michael Flynn
15. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Pope Francis
16. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Tulsi Gabbard
17. ↑ Vatnik Soup - George Galloway
18. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Marjorie Taylor Greene
19. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Glenn Greenwald
20. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Jackson Hinkle
21. ↑ Vatnik Soup - LEVELI
22. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Tuomas Malinen
23. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Elon Musk (part 1)
24. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Elon Musk (part 2)
25. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Jordan Peterson
26. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Janus Putkonen
27. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Tara Reade
28. ↑ Martin Pengelly (May 30, 2023). "Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, defects to Russia". The Guardian.
29. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Margarita Simonyan
30. ↑ Vatnik Soup - Wagner Group
31. ↑ Vatnik Soup - ZeroHedge