Vatnik (Russian: ватник, "cotton-padded jacket") or vatnyk (Ukrainian: ватник), both a derivative of and often shortened to vata (Russian: вата, Ukrainian: вата, "batting", usually used in plural) are derogatory social slang neologisms in Russian and Ukrainian languages, and an internet meme used in reference to individuals with pro-Russian jingoist and chauvinist views. In the original meaning, vatnik (also telogreika) is a cheap cotton-padded jacket.