Sunday, May 5, 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.

Figure of the week: 49

By EU vs Disinfo Programs produced in Russia make up about 49% of prime-time content on Belarusian TV channels, research by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)...

Twitter as an information battlefield – Venezuela; a case study

By EU vs Disinfo The image of International humanitarian aid as a “Trojan Horse” has successfully established a narrative in Spanish language Twitter, where Russia...

Moscow falsely accuses Ukraine of violating Friendship Treaty

By Polygraph Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs "… Maidan authorities, who under the guise of fighting the ‘aggressor’ violate fundamental rights of their own citizens and...

Fatal Distraction

By EU vs Disinfo It is easy to get distracted in today’s information abundance. It might be even easier in the disinformation space. ‘I will think...

Weaponising News: RT, Sputnik and Targeted Disinformation

A few weeks ago, The Policy Institute and the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power at King’s College in London, published...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russian citizens protest against new limits of internet freedom

Topics of the Week Russian citizens protest as the State Duma seeks to further limit internet freedoms. Most of the U.S. citizens have firm opinions on Russian influence...

Did the two American Mormons detained in Russia violate Russian law?

By Polygraph Dmitry Kravchenko Head of the missionary department of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church “They begin with English lessons. These guys,...

Figure of the Week: 5014

By EU vs Disinfo From deadly mother in-law to nazis in power in all possible places, the EuvsDisinfo team has collected more than 5000 disinformation cases since November 2015. But...

Conspiracy mania marks one-year anniversary of the Skripal poisoning

By EU vs Disinfo A couple of weeks ago, the Spanish-language pro-Kremlin media announced that the US military supposedly appropriated 40 tons of Syrian gold stolen by...

“Interfering? No, offering a superior political system”

By EU vs Disinfo Putin Aide Suggests Enlightened Monarchy as a System for the Future The European elections are only weeks away, and a top aide...