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'Lying on Purpose' – Exposing a ‘Vatnik Soup’
- jruohonen 3y agoAs I've commented before, there are some problems in his work. Namely, he occasionally sidelines to propaganda and outright falsehoods himself, he doesn't speak a sufficient amount of European languages to understand the cases where pro-Kremlin propaganda is more rampant, he exaggerates the situation in countries where it is not a big problem, and he accuses some people without sufficient evidence. Nor am I sure whether I like the name-calling, especially when he picks on nobodies.
- jruohonen 3y agoI can further add that he should really focus on countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Serbia (perhaps Germany too to some extent). But I doubt whether he is capable enough. (Here in Finland the pro-Kremlin propaganda is practically non-existent, a few known clowns notwithstanding, and no one has ever taken them seriously anyways.)
- jruohonen 3y agoHere is another piece from Kyiv Post: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17565 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17565
- bediger4000 3y ago> “Often their history is quite telling – they have visited Russia often, for example,” said Kallioniemi. I'm still puzzled by the July 4, 2018 Republican visit to Moscow. Why didn't this cause more of a stink? Why did they choose July 4?
- timonoko 3y ago"Vatnik" seems to mean anything Pekka does not like: -- Pro-Trump, anti-NATO and anti-Israel propaganda, as well as conspiracy theories regarding WEF, Klaus Schwab and COVID-19.