Welcome to the 1st edition of international #vatnik's! Today I'll be discussing a prominent figure in the disinfo/conspiracy scene - a lady called Maram Susli AKA PartisanGirl (.@Partisangirl). Originally from Damascus, her family moved to Australia when she was a child.
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She has a degree in biophysics and chemistry, which apparently makes her an expert on geopolitical issues. In her Twitter profile she claims to be a "Scientist", yet she has written only opinion pieces and outright propaganda without a single trace of actual research.
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Maram emerged as an online personality in 2011 during the Arab Spring, but became much more active at the time of the Syrian Civil War. Her stance has generally been anti-US and Syrian rebels and pro-al-Assad and Russia.
She has contributed to Russian propaganda outlet New Eastern Outlook and also published in Duginist Journal of Eurasian Affairs. In addition, she has made appearences on Russia Today and the Iranian Press TV and occasional contributions to Al Mayadeen.
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Susli is a big fan of conspiracy theories. She has discussed the Ghouta chemical attack conducted by the 🇸🇾 government with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his show, InfoWars, and claimed that the attack was done by the 🇸🇾 rebels. This theory was debunked by .@bellingcat.
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She also blames the usual suspects, Illuminati, NWO and the Freemasons about the problems in 🇸🇾 and around the world. In addition, she has stated that both al-Qaeda and ISIS are front organizations for the CIA, that 9/11 was an inside job...
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... and that Ebola is a chemical weapon developed by the US.
Susli also has close ties to neo-Nazi media networks, and she has appeared on Holocaust denier Ryan Dawson's, KKK figure David Duke's and neo-nazi Richard Spencer's podcasts.
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Today's Finnish #vatnik is a former powerlifter turned politician and evangelist,Ano Turtiainen (.@TurtiainenAno). Since 🇷🇺's invasion of 🇺🇦,Ano has become a proponent of Putin's politics. He has spoken against all 🇷🇺 sanctions and has criticized "war crimes committed by 🇺🇦". 1/9
His views are also anti-NATO and anti-EU.Ano himself has said that he would like 🇫🇮 politics to be similar to Trump/US doctrine.His rhetoric follows the typical 🇷🇺 disinfo playbook:the decadence of West,conservatism,corruption of 🇺🇦,NATO's "proxy war" & COVID-19 conspiracies 2/9
Nowadays all of this is also decorated with religious babble and declaration of the end times. He has also stated that everyone who gets the COVID-19 vaccination will die in the near future and has compared the whole event to Holocaust. 3/9
Today I'll be introducing one of the most infamous Finnish 🇷🇺 disinfo site on the web: MV-Lehti (AKA MV-Media or UMV-Lehti).During its existence, the site has had three Chief-Editors:Ilja Janitskin, Juha Korhonen (.@Juha_Korh2) and currently Janus Putkonen (.@janus_putkonen).1/10
The latter two have already been introduced in my Finnish #vatnik's series:
I would still like to tell you little about Mr Janitskin, the sole founder of MV-Lehti:
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Ilja started MV-Lehti while living in Spain back in 2014 after a series of failed businesses. Initially it was used as an marketing tool to get 🇫🇮 to come and work in 🇪🇸. The website became quite popular and at some point was amongst the top 10 visited websites in 🇫🇮.
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Today I ran into propaganda piece that (to me) appears to be fake. It's a documentary called "Monopoly - Who owns the world" by Tim Gielen and it's a vivid story about deep state and other conspiracy theories.
I think Tim Gielen does not exist. Can you help me find out? 1/4
I got suspicious when I saw this intro of the documentary. To me, the person, his facial expressions and the lighting/shadows seem unnatural. For example, his eyebrows seem to move in an unnatural way and his voice sometimes is out of sync with the lips. 2/4
Today I will tell you a story- or rather a fairy tale -about a project of several Finnish #vatnik's.The story is called "The Rise and Fall of the Fennotravels".The story has two characters: Janus and Kosti, and they both share a love towards the Russian country and its people.1/9
Janus Putkonen (.@janus_putkonen) is a Finnish #vatnik who I introduced in my earlier posts. You can read his bio here:
Janus is the creator of the Fennoland project and well-known pro-Russia propagandist: fennomaa.net 2/9
Kosti Heiskanen (2nd from the left) is a Finnish "journalist" who has spent a lot of time in Russia. He's known for providing many anti-🇫🇮 interviews on 🇷🇺 media. He is the tour guide of the Fennotours that organizes trips from 🇫🇮 to 🇷🇺, and is quite a character. 3/9
Today I'll be introducing one of the main pro-🇷🇺 agitators and grand Finnish #vatnik's, Johan Bäckman (.@johanbek). This Alexander Dugin's disciple and avid 🇷🇺 disinfo spreader has been spewing anti-🇫🇮 propaganda on Kreml-controlled media for years. 1/10
He's also keen on burdening the 🇫🇮court system with his multiple court cases - Already back in 2012, Johan had formulated at least 90 court complaints.Bäckman had a child in 2004 with a Soviet-born woman and most of the court cases are related to a custody battle between two.2/10
In 2020, the Finnish Supreme Court sentenced Johan to 60 days of probation for the persecution of journalist Jessikka Aro (.@JessikkaAro). He also had to compensate Aro for around 18000 euros. 3/10