Friday, April 17, 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.

One article, many ways to disinform

By EU vs Disinfo The recent purchase of an anti-tank missile system by Estonia resulted in illogical, threatening and ridiculing narratives by pro-Kremlin media. The Estonian Defence Forces...

Russian Foreign Ministry denies Red Army brought repression to Bulgaria in 1944

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Spokesperson, Russian Foreign Ministry “By declaring that the Red Army brought so-called repressions, Bulgaria is engaged in rewriting history. This is a dangerous...

I create “convincing” manipulated images and videos — but quality may not matter much

Bad videos can be persuasive, too. By Christye Sisson, for NiemanLab Lots of people — including Congress — are worried about fake videos and imagery distorting...

Putin repeats false narratives on Ukraine at Eastern Economic Forum

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation “We are not responsible for the Ukraine’s crisis. We did not support the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine, and...

Breaking “News”: The Kremlin discovered that Poland started WWII and the Baltics are not...

By EU vs Disinfo As world leaders gathered in Poland to commemorate 80 years since the start of World War II, Russian officials were outraged...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The murderer of ethnic Chechen in Berlin has been linked to...

Topics of the Week German government remains silent after the murderer of ethnic Chechen in Berlin has been linked to the GRU. The dangers posed by social networks...

Political trolling in Hungary

By Péter Krekó, András Rácz and Patrik Szicherle, for DisinfoPortal With the 2019 Hungarian municipal elections approaching, disinformation campaigns and trolling activity will play an...

In Belgium, the Sleeping Beauty awakes, but slowly

By Tim Pauwels, for DisinfoPortal It might come as a surprise, but the land that hosts the European capital is still very much a blind...

Russia claims Baltic States never turned democratic

By Polygraph Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account “In the early 90s the Baltic nations, after over 50 years of being a part of the #SovietUnion,...

Lega Nord’s Bedfellows: Russians offering illicit funding to Italian far-right party identified

By Christo Grozev, for Bellingcat In a previous joint investigation with BuzzFeed News and the Insider, Bellingcat disclosed the inordinately frequent travel of two Italian...