Sunday, November 23, 2025

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.

Disinformation narrative: “it’s not so obvious”

Another act of sabotage in Poland has seriously shocked the public. This time, no warehouse burned down, but a train could have derailed. The...

A Battle for Hearts and Minds: How Russian Propaganda Takes Over Africa

By The TruthAfrica project, for EUvsDisinfo In many parts of Africa, memories of colonial exploitation, past foreign interference and broken promises remain vivid. These wounds...

The European Democracy Shield

By EUvsDisinfo In November 12, the EU announced the establishment of the European Democracy Shield. The Shield, developed jointly by the European Commission and the European...

Weaponising Climate Change to Undermine the West

By EUvsDisinfo The pro-Kremlin disinformation machine is seeking to undermine the EU’s sanctions policy by attacking its Green Deal. In its quest for the tiniest bit...

Information Threat Forecast by Center for Countering Disinformation, Early November 2025

By Center for Countering Disinformation 1. Intensification of Information Campaigns Regarding EU and US Sanctions In response to the adoption of new sanctions by the United...

Large Language Models: the New Battlefield of Russian Information Warfare

By EUvsDisinfo In the digital age, disinformation campaigns have evolved beyond social media and ‘fake news’, becoming a full form of information warfare – an...

Strain Beneath the Surface: Russia’s Economic Pressures Amid a Continuing Conflict

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin’s planners prepared well for their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, building up currency reserves and later boosting growth through military spending. But...

For the Kremlin, Elections Are Golden Opportunities for interference

By EUvsDisinfo On 4 and 5 October, Czech voters went to the polls to elect a new parliament. And the Kremlin once again saw an...

Russian ‘Fact-Checking’ Network: EU-Sanctioned Brazilians Among Its Members

By Maiquel Rosauro, for Lupa Read the Portuguese version of this feature. Two Brazilian journalists—one linked to organizations sanctioned by the European Union and the other a collaborator...

Russia Uses a ‘Fact-Checker Network’ to Try to Legitimize Elections in Venezuela

By Maiquel Rosauro, for Lupa Read the Portuguese version of this feature. The first part of the report: The “truth war”: how Russia created its own ‘fact-checking’ network “In...