About the Chef

The Chef: Pekka Kallioniemi
Inquiries: vatniksoup@gmail.com
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Interviews
- Jason Jay Smart, “‘Vatnik Soup’ - Too Hot for Moscow’s Apologists’ Taste”, Kyiv Post, May 28 2023
- Heidi Siegmund Cuda, “‘Lying on Purpose’ - Exposing a ‘Vatnik Soup’”, Byline Supplement, May 28, 2023
- Stefan Schocher, “Propagandaforscher Kallioniemi: „Österreich ist eine Brutstätte der Spionage“”, Der Standard, October 29, 2023
Podcasts
- Silicon Curtain, “Pekka Kallioniemi - Vatnik Soup - Keeping Watch on Kremlin Assets, Agents, Useful Idiots & Oligarchs”, February 14, 2023
- RADICALIZED: Truth Survives Podcast, “Exclusive Interview: VATNIK SOUP with special guest Pekka Kallioniemi”, May 16, 2023
- Deep State Radio, “Deep State Radio - Foreign Office: Vatnik Soup: A Conversation with Pekka Kallioniemi”, June 19, 2023
- Silicon Curtain, “Pekka Kallioniemi - 200 Vatnik Soups - Who are Putin’s Agents, Assets and Useful Idiots Among us?”, July 2, 2023
- (Un)Safe Country, “Pekka Kallioniemi: Elon Musk can be classified as a “vatnik””, November 1, 2023 (also on Yahoo News)
Mriya Report
- Mriya Report, “Pekka Kallioniemi - VatnikSoup SoupCentral”, September 22, 2023
- Mriya Report, “Pekka Kallioniemi - SoupCentral”, October 31, 2023
- Mriya Report, “Pekka Kallioniemi - SoupCentral”, November 3, 2023
- Mriya Report, “Pekka Kallioniemi - SoupCentral”, November 10, 2023
- Mriya Report, “Pekka Kallioniemi - SoupCentral”, November 14, 2023
Press mentions
- James Franey, “US Navy vet Sarah Bils relaunched pro-Putin propaganda accounts on X and YouTube months after being investigated by DOJ”, Daily Mail, September 10, 2023