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Nov 15 โ€ข 6 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
In today's #vatnik soup, I'll introduce a first female vatnik, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Leena Hietanen. She used to be a quite prominent journalist who wrote to some of the most popular newspapers in ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ. This report is also my first attempt at adding subtitles, so please be gentle with feedback.

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At some point Leena's brain circuits went haywire, and she became a berserk ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ apologists. Hietanen HATES ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ and ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช culture and politics. Already back in 2008 she wrote a book called "Estonia's cold war", which criticized Estonian politics regarding ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ minorities.

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She has refused to call the USSR's occupation of ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช an occupation. She has also called the Estonian people "criminally stupid" on ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ national TV and written a pamflet on ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช media where she called ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช a "fasist apartheid country".

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Nowadays nobody really gives a shit about her, and she's mostly appearing on Johan Bรคckman's (whom I wrote about earlier: ) stream. Hietanen is a rabid supporter of ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ invasion of Ukraine and the so-called "Novorossiya".

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Leena & Johan have established an association called "Finnish Antifascist Committee", which supports most fascist regimes around the world. This committee has for example suggested, that terrorist attacks have been planned in ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ and these people are connected with al-Qaida.

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Pinging @petite_michelle, have you heard of Leena Hietanen before?

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Nov 17
In today's #vatnik soup, I'll introduce a man who has worked mostly behind the scenes - Vladislav Surkov. Some of you might not even recognize the name, but he's the main architect of both the polarizing disinformation program and the annexation system of ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ. 1/9 Image
Many perceive Surkov as a key figure behind Putin's power and P. Pomerantsev gave him the nickname "Putin's Rasputin". Vladislav was the key figure in putting Kadyrov to his current position (Kadyrov calls him his "sworn brother" and even has a picture of
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Surkov's approach to geopolitics comes through theatre - he studied theatre direction for 3 years and he's an excellent dramaturg. He is also closely related to a movement called "political technology", which is often referred as "a industry of political manipulation".

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Nov 16
In today's #vatnik soup, I'll discuss propaganda. Why is ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ winning the propaganda war? What happened to ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ as a propaganda/disinformation powerhouse?

Here's my take:

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ established their disinformation machinery a long time ago, and a big part of their modus operandi comes already from the KGB era. Their propaganda focuses on putting a negative spotlight on other actors, for example the political opposition, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ or the West.

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This "bashing of foreign actors" is a very effective propaganda method,and many countries have taken a similar approach after they've seen how well it has worked for ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ. Previously most countries were focusing on praising their own policies, but this method changed the game. 3/12 Image
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Nov 10
In today's #vatnik soup,I'll go through the many motives in creation of pro-๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ "useful idiots".By useful idiot I refer to a person who spreads propaganda and disinfo for a cause, either consciously or unconsciously. It's by no means a comprehensive list,but it's a good intro.1/13
I have divided these methods into four distinct categories, but individuals can of course be affected by multiple methods. These methods are: 1) wealth, 2) power, 3) anxiety/disenfranchisement, and 4) kompromat. 2/13
1) Wealth: You can include many politicians and businessmen on this list. After the collapse of USSR, Russia opened up its businesses to the West, and many answered to this call. In case you were willing to ignore the human rights violations and ongoing invasions by ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ, 3/13
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Nov 9
In today's #vatnik soup I'll be introducing a man behind both ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ's private war organization and its disinformation and propaganda machine: an oligarch and a businessman Yevgeni Prigozhin. This thread will be divided into 2 (or 3) parts since his "achievements" are plentiful. 1/10
Like many oligarchs, Yevgeni used to be a petty criminal and spent 9 years in prison in the 80's for robbery and fraud. After his release, he started various lucrative food businesses, eventually opening a restaurant in St. Petersburg called New Island.

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It quickly became the most fashionable restaurant in St. Petersburg and Putin himself started dining there with people like Jacques Chirac and George W. Bush. By 2003, Prigozhin had become a confidante of Putin and people started calling him "Putin's chef".

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Nov 7
In this thread I'll be discussing ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ genocide in Ukraine. I'll focus on the child abductions & will be providing evidence that ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ has planned this for a long time and that their intent has been announced in the state-owned media at least since the beginning of April, 2022.

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On April 3rd 2022, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ state-owned news agency RIA Novosti published an op-ed by Timofey Sergeytsev. Sergeytsev once was a consultant to pro-๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Viktor Yanukovych and Euractiv described him as "one of the ideologists of modern Russian fascism". 2/10
In his article,Timofey called for the full destruction of Ukraine as a state and also its national identity.This, according to Timofey, should be done to accomplish Ukraine's "denazification". The article caused outrage & it has been condemned as evidence of genocidal intent.3/10
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Nov 6
Fringe pro-๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ bloggers such as the @TheGrayzoneNews like to keep the ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ narrative of Ukrainian neo-nazis and the need for "denazification" inside Ukraine. Today I'll be introducing a real Russian #vatnik, co-leader of the Rusich group and a neo-nazi called Aleksei Milchakov. 1/8
Aleksei is a real piece of work. He came to public attention in 2011 after he made a home movie of him torturing, decapitating and allegedly eating a puppy. newsru.com/crime/28nov201โ€ฆ

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On what claims can we call Aleksei a nazi? He's admitted it himself: in 2020, a video with two men discussing was published on a ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ nationalist Youtube channel. One of them is Aleksei. In the video he states that "Iโ€™m a nationalist, a patriot, an imperialist [...] I'm a nazi."3/8
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