Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Context

Stories in the Context section are not fakes. We publish them in order to provide greater insight for our readers about the techniques, methods and practices used by the Russian government in its information war. They appear on our site with the permission of their original publisher and reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily the position of StopFake’s editorial board.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: US imposes sanctions on Nord Stream 2 pipeline project

TOPICS OF THE WEEK The US and NATO are preparing for Russia to go after troops at their home The US imposes sanctions on Nord...

Disinformation Review: circling the Earth

By EU vs Disinfo As the North American Aerospace Defense Command prepares for its traditional tracking of Santa’s journey around the globe on December 24,...

At his 15th year-end presser, Putin recycles false claims

By Polygraph Vladimir PutinPresident, RussiaClaims about WADA doping ban, Maria Butina's foreign agent plea, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's killing in Berlin.Source: Kremlin.ru, Dec. 19, 2019 False...

Disinformation Review: A State of Panic

By EU vs Disinfo One element that strikes anyone who follows pro-Kremlin media is an omnipresent state of fear, anxiety, panic, anguish… Everything is sinking,...

Russian Foreign Minister: ‘Meddling or non-meddling… No collusion’

By Polygraph Sergey LavrovForeign Minister, Russia“We have highlighted once again that all speculations about our alleged interference in the domestic processes in the United...

Kremlin’s increasingly positive image of Stalin leading to whitewashing of deportations, specialists on the...

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Moscow’s promotion of the Great Victory in World War II, the basis of the current regime’s legitimacy, has...

People who are given correct information still misremember it to fit their own beliefs

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab Plus: “There is no bygone era of a well-informed, attentive public. What we have had in lieu...

Disinformation as Damage Control

By EU vs Disinfo Last week Germany expelled two employees at the Russian embassy in Berlin in connection with the murder of a Georgian asylum-seeker...

NTV plays with fire

By EU vs Disinfo On 29 November the Russian state-controlled network NTV broadcast a smear documentary targeting Russian NGO activists alongside European diplomats. The production applied...

Kremlin denies knowledge of MH17 suspect it included in prisoner exchange

By Nik Yarst, for Polygraph Dmitry PeskovRussian Presidential Spokesman"No, you know, this is a question that has nothing to do with the Kremlin, so I...