About the Chef
The Chef: Pekka Kallioniemi
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Awards
Pekka Kallioniemi was awarded the Diplomatic Star of Lithuania by Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (unboxing video)
A great award for great people doing a great job in fighting against disinformation. Thank you, Pekka Kallioniemi!
Conferences
- Russia’s information operations and disinformation seminar, January 31, 2023, Tampee, Finland
- Pekka at the NAFO Summit 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania (full video)
- Pekka at the NAFO Summit 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Pekka about Russia’s Hybrid War, March 21, 2024, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Interviews
- Jason Jay Smart, “‘Vatnik Soup’ - Too Hot for Moscow’s Apologists’ Taste”, Kyiv Post, May 28, 2023
- “Mannen bak «Vatnik Soup» advarer journalister mot fremtidens desinformasjon”, Journalisten, May 2, 2023 (NO)
- 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 (DE)
- “VatnikSoup by Pekka Kallioniemi: Exposing Pro-Russian Propagandists and the Web of Disinformation”, propastop, November 13, 2023
- Meelis Oidsalu, “VERDICT OF A “VATNIK HUNTER” – “Western Policymakers Don’t Understand the Scale of the Disinformation Problem””, The Baltic Sentinel, July 18, 2024
- Catherine Kim, “Why the Kremlin Loves Social Media”, Politico, September 7, 2024
- Meelis Oidsalu, “Kremli hääletorude hirm on mures Lääne jätkuva passiivsuse pärast infosõja rindel”, , September 16, 2024 (ET)
- Maria Mitrov, “„Wir müssen eine Abwehr gegen Bullshit aufbauen””, September 19, 2024, Die Zeit (DE)
- Jason Jay Smart, “Vatnik Soup – the Ultimate Guide to Russian Disinformation”, Kyiv Post, September 23, 2024
Podcasts
- 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
- The Think Tank, “We Got Vatnik Soup In Our Tank (With Pekka Kallioniemi)”, June 30, 2023
- European Resilience Initiative Center (Sergej Sumlenny), “Russian Propaganda Superspreading on Musk’s X”, October 11, 2023
- (Un)Safe Country, “Pekka Kallioniemi: Elon Musk can be classified as a “vatnik””, November 1, 2023 (Yahoo News)
- Hotel Havoc, “‘Vatnik Soup’ with Pekka Kallioniemi”, November 27, 2023
- Visegrad24, “Interview with Pekka Kallioniemi”, December 6, 2023
- Hahn in Europa, “Exclusief: interview met Pekka “Vatnik Soup” Kallioniemi”, March 20, 2024 (NL)
- Hildén & Kaira, “PEKKA KALLIONIEMI: Venäjän some-propagandakoneiston anatomia, Vatnik Soup & trollifarmit”, April 23, 2024 (FI)
- Byline Podcast, “Tenet, Doppelganger, and Vatnik Soup”, September 10, 2024
- Project Liberal, “The Russian Disinformation Tsunami | Dr. Pekka Kallioniemi”, October 26, 2024
Silicon Curtain
- Silicon Curtain, “Pekka Kallioniemi - Vatnik Soup - Keeping Watch on Kremlin Assets, Agents, Useful Idiots & Oligarchs”, February 14, 2023
- Silicon Curtain, “Pekka Kallioniemi - 200 Vatnik Soups - Who are Putin’s Agents, Assets and Useful Idiots Among us?”, July 2, 2023
- Silicon Curtain, “Pekka Kallioniemi - Firehose of Kremlin Lies, Manipulations and Weaponised Conspiracies Never Stops.”, December 1, 2023
- Silicon Curtain, “Pekka Kallioniemi (Vatnik Soup) - Follow the Money to See how Russia Poisons the Information Space”, September 24, 2024
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
- Salvador Martínez Mas, “Cocinero de “Sopa de putinejos”, el listado de occidentales dedicados a la defensa de Rusia pese a la invasión contra Ucrania”, Telecinco, March 12, 2023 (ES)
- 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
- Ekaterina Bodyagina, Lennart Pfahler, “„Ich mag einfach Kriegsverbrechen und das Töten von Zivillisten“”, Die Welt, September 18, 2023 (DE)
- David Kirichenko, “Warrior Dogs of the Web Take On Russia’s Disinformation Giant”, Frontsight, April 11, 2024
- Steven Lee Myers, Tiffany Hsu, “Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence”, The New York Times, April 11, 2024
- Brendan Cole, “Putin’s Deputy Defense Minister Arrested for ’High Treason’: Reports”, Newsweek, April 24, 2024
Translations
- “What should Russia do with Ukraine?” (Wikipedia: What Russia Should Do with Ukraine) (Finnish translation by Pekka Kallioniemi)