Author: Morten Hammeken and Pekka Kallioniemi

Pekka Kallioniemi is a Finnish Ph.D. in interactive technology and the author of ‘Vatnik Soup – the ultimate guide to Russian disinformation’. Morten Hammeken is a Danish historian (MA) specializing in European geopolitics and the co-author of Vatnik Soup.

28 May 2025

How Russia’s Fake Spirituality Became a Key Weapon in the Kremlin’s Disinformation Toolbox

Under Putin, Christianity has been turned into a political tool to spread false narratives about the war in Ukraine

Morten Hammeken and Pekka Kallioniemi

Foreign Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
7 April 2025

‘Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland’

The ‘many similarities’ between the Trump administration and Putin’s autocratic regime

Morten Hammeken and Pekka Kallioniemi

Disinformation, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, US Politics
29 November 2024

Ignore Putin’s Bluffs and Focus On the Real ‘Red Line’ in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

There is only one red line in this war and it’s one that Russia crosses daily

Morten Hammeken and Pekka Kallioniemi

Foreign Affairs, Russia, Ukraine