#Vooglaid is ready to throw #Estonia under the bus in order to get some good boy points from the #Kremlin. For example, after the #Ukrainian drone assault against Pskov airbase, Russian propaganda claimed the #drones came from Estonia. Varro didn’t rule this out.

16/20

#Vooglaid also has an unhealthy, borderline romantic fascination with Putin. For example in 2017, he shared to his followers a message claiming that “President #Putin presented orders of parental honor to large families.”

12/20

In 2023, #Vooglaid was elected as an independent candidate to the Riigikogu on EKRE’s list. He’s been publicly advocating for #Estonia to “improve” ties with #Russia. His main go-to line is “we must not irritate Russia, or else it will #attack.”

8/20

#Vooglaid has an academic background, which usually gives people plenty of credibility in the eyes of the #Kremlin. Most of his academic career was spent at the University of Tartu, but he was also a researcher between 2007 and 2011 at the University of #Helsinki.

2/20

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an #Estonian lawyer, social activist, politician, and useful idiot for the #Kremlin, Varro #Vooglaid. He’s best-known for promoting pro-Kremlin viewpoints under the guise of “traditional family values.”

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