Saturday, February 14, 2026

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.

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,...

Disinformation tricks and pro-Kremlin treats

By EU vs Disinfo Happy Halloween everyone! Even if this holiday is not widely celebrated where you live, who doesn’t appreciate the fun of trick-or-treating or...

Russian official: Telegram isn’t banned in Russia

By Polygraph Dmitry Peskov Russian Presidential Representative for Digital and Technical Development "First, Telegram is not banned in Russia. Second, I do not just use it, but...

Russian media falsely attributes a conspiracy quote to Zbigniew Brzezinski

By Polygraph Svobodnaya Pressa Russian news portal “The Alliance frankly follows the precepts of Brzezinski: ‘The twenty-first century will be built at the expense of Russia,...

Attacking the Church of Ukraine: The Kremlin turns the Orthodox world into a battlefield

By EU vs Disinfo Religion is a major topic for the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets. Europe has lost its Christian roots. Jews aim at exterminating all...

Desperately seeking recognition

By EU vs Disinfo Crimea is Ukraine. However, the Kremlin and its propaganda machinery will go many extra miles to seek out support of the inaccurate...