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
- 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
- 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
- “VatnikSoup by Pekka Kallioniemi: Exposing Pro-Russian Propagandists and the Web of Disinformation”, propastop, November 13, 2023
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
- (Un)Safe Country, “Pekka Kallioniemi: Elon Musk can be classified as a “vatnik””, November 1, 2023 (Yahoo News)
- Visegrad24, “Interview with Pekka Kallioniemi”, December 6, 2023
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
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
Translations
- “What should Russia do with Ukraine?” (Wikipedia: What Russia Should Do with Ukraine) (Finnish translation by Pekka Kallioniemi)