Saturday, May 17, 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.

Celebrating a New War

By EUvsDisinfo Well into the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s real ambitions are well-known: to control, conquer and subdue all, or...

Are Europeans Kidnapping Children in Africa?

By EUvsDisinfo On 25 October 2007, the Chadian government intercepted an attempt by the French charity organisation L’Arche de Zoé to fly 103 Chadian children to France under false...

What He Said and What it Really Means – Vol. 9: Putin rewriting history...

By EUvsDisinfo As expected, the Kremlin pulled out all the stops on 9 May to use the commemoration of the end of the Second World War eighty...

Red Square Lies: Propaganda on Parade, Online, and on the Ground

By EUvsDisinfo As Russia gears up for its annual Victory Day spectacle on 9 May, the Kremlin’s disinformation machine is running at full tilt – at home,...

The Immortal Regiment: State-Appropriated Memories for Mobilisation

By EUvsDisinfo As 9 May approaches, Russia is preparing for its annual ‘Victory Day’ celebrations, commemorating the 80 years since the end of World War II. We...

Toward the 9 May – the Myth of Moscow as a Host for Peace...

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin is trying hard to promote several myths and disinformation tropes around the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII – all with...

In Russia’s FIMI Laboratory: Test Case, Moldova

By EUvsDisinfo Last year’s combination of a presidential election and an EU referendum offered Russia an opportunity it could not afford to ignore, as we...

Belarusian Kindergartens and Schools as Ideological Front Lines

By EUvsDisinfo Censorship, repression, and ideological indoctrination are increasingly shaping the information landscape in both Russia and Belarus. In recent months, this trend has accelerated...

Missiles and Lies. Again.

By EUvsDisinfo Behind every Russian missile is a barrage of lies. Another European election targeted by the Kremlin manipulations. As Russia’s missiles continue to rain down...

Play This Up. Play That Down. Repeat the Lie

By EUvsDisinfo While parts of the world are focused on tariffs and global trade, another set of events is playing out in Russia’s war against...