About vatniks

What is a vatnik?

A vatnik is someone who, whether through malice or ignorance, spreads Kremlin-crafted narratives designed to facilitate a russian success in their genocidal invasions

A vatnik is a pro-Russian propagandist.

How to recognize a pro-Russian propagandist? They don’t like to talk about Russia.

They’ll demonize the US, NATO, Ukraine, NED, CIA and the “globalists”, but if you ask Max Blumenthal, George Galloway or Aaron Maté anything about Russia, all you get is deafening silence.

— Pekka Kallioniemi

• Vatnik (Wikipedia): “A jingoistic follower of propaganda from the Russian government”
• Vatnik (Wiktionary): “A supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russian nationalism, or the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; a Putinist.”

Resources about vatniks

• The Soups
• Guest Soups
• Official Ukrainian list of vatniks (in Ukrainian): Спікери, які просувають співзвучні російській пропаганді наративи
• Myrotvorets (Ukrainian NGO framed as a kill-list by Russian propaganda)
• “Evocation is a base of Russian propagandists and collaborators of the occupation regime, based on information from volunteers.” English Ukrainian Russian
• “Fakesperts” map
• Foreign propagandists of the Russian Federation regime
• “Kremlintarians” (“libertarian” vatniks)
• The Network of Russian Propaganda: What Connects Western “Experts” Promoting Narratives Beneficial to Russia (Мережа російської пропаганди: що пов’язує західних «експертів», які просувають вигідні росії наративи)
• See also: About Ukraine