Friday, July 4, 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.

“Russia is the world champion in free speech”

By EU vs Disinfo “Russia is the world champion in free speech.” This claim was made by the Russian TV host and state media boss Dmitry...

Whataboutism at its best

By EU vs Disinfo Paedophilia in Finland. Civil war in the US. Total feminist destruction of men in the West. The usual fever dreams of the pro-Kremlin media were out...

Propaganda under pressure

By EU vs Disinfo The Russian state-controlled TV channel Pervy Kanal is in serious financial trouble, the business daily Vedomosti reports. According to Vedomosti’s sources, the channel’s...

Kremlin network blaming Ukraine for MH17 crash

By Anatolii Baronin, for UNIAN With the approach of the MH17 trial set to start March 2020, the Kremlin is trying to discredit the findings...

Elvis beats Lenin: Confidence is key against disinformation

By Robert Pszczel, for Disinfo Portal This article is a part of a special series for #StratComDC 2019. Learn more at stratcomdc.org A century ago, the...

Facebook moves to curb Russian interference in African politics

By Polygraph This week's takedown of Facebook and Instagram accounts that were used to interfere with African political affairs has provided new insight into the...

Slovak StratCom: active individuals, but in need of whole-of-government policies

By Katarína Klingová, for Disinfo Portal This article is a part of a special series for #StratComDC 2019. Learn more at stratcomdc.org We live in the...

Figure of the week: 75,000

By EU vs Disinfo Facebook took down 50 Instagram accounts that indicated links to the Internet Research Agency and posted 75,000 times. An analysis of the...

Sputnik Moldova Painted Media Forum as a Coup Factory

By Elena Derhanschi, for Polygraph Alexander Isayev Reporter, Sputnik Moldova “The annual training exercises for young ‘civil activists’ from 15 countries were held in the capital of...

The slippery slope: from Halloween to sex dolls

By EU vs Disinfo “Halloween is a completely artificial holiday, which is accepted because it is fashionable in the West. That is idiocy. Today Halloween,...