Nazi vatniks: The ambiguous relationship of the Kremlin with Nazism
The ambiguous relationship of the Kremlin with Nazism and why so many vatniks can be outright nazis or promote or excuse nazis while at the same time being so hysterical about alleged “Nazis in Ukraine”.
Russian anti-Nazism is narrowly focused on the Nazi betrayal. Otherwise, they seem perfectly fine with Nazism. Nazis are great when they serve to help or justify Russia’s own genocidal invasions, and they only become villains when they turn on Russia.

Soups
- “Aleksei Milchakov”, November 6, 2022
- “Yegveny Prigozhin (Wagner) 2/2”, November 11, 2022
- “Russian nazis”, November 28, 2022
- “Wagner Group”, January 22, 2023
- “Russian Nazis, part 2”, July 25, 2023
- “Wagner Group Mutiny”, June 26, 2024
- “Darryl Cooper”, October 18, 2024
- “Nick Fuentes”, November 11, 2024
- “May 9: Soviet-Nazi collaboration”, May 9, 2025
- “Ivan Okhlobystin”, May 28, 2025
Vatnik Soup Videos
- “Victory Madness: Inside Russia’s Propaganda Machine”, May 24, 2025
Articles
- Pekka Kallioniemi, “Pobedobesie: Russia’s Weaponized Memory and State-Organized License to Kill”, The Baltic Sentinel, May 8, 2025 Read
Books
Links, documents, resources
- Ian Johnson: Sowing the Wind: The First Soviet-German Military Pact and the Origins of World War II
- Operation Barbarossa: How Stalin was Blindsided by Berlin
- Sean Mcmeekin: Was Lenin a German Agent?
See also
In other languages
- Nazi vatniks (de)
- Vatniks nazis (fr)