Tuesday, July 8, 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.

EU elections and a state of denial

By EU vs Disinfo It’s almost a tradition: As soon as elections take place, usually in Western countries, warnings of possible Russian influence make the...

Singapore parliament approves ‘anti-fake news’ law — will this curtail free speech?

By Mong Palatino, for Global Voices Singapore’s parliament approved the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) on May 8, 2019. Commonly known as the...

Figure of the week: 5G

Источник: EU vs Disinfo RT America, the US-based arm of Russia Today, has a public health announcement: 5G technology – the latest iteration of cellular...

The corrosive effect of online propaganda channels in Slovakia

By Miroslava Sawiris, for Disinfo Portal For many observers in Slovakia as well as abroad, the Slovak presidential election in March was a glimmer of...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Half of Europeans potentially exposed to disinformation before the elections

Topics of the Week Half of Europeans may have been exposed to disinformation on social media linked to Russia according to an online security company. While the United...

#EUelections2019: Pro-Kremlin narratives in Latvia

By Ianis Bucholtz and Solvita Denisa-Liepniece, for Disinfo Portal Latvia irks the Kremlin. In line with its claims about Ukraine, Moscow frequently accuses the Baltic...

RT forced to withdraw disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo RT’s Russian service has been forced to make changes to an article, in which it accused Deutsche Welle, RFE/RL and Voice...

Russian Defense Ministry TV Host Falsely Slaps West for Russophobic Propaganda

By Polygraph Nikolai Petrov TV Zvezda Host “Here, by the way, is the perfect, freshest example of such fanning of a hybrid war. It is a recent...

German peace prize to Ukrainian journalist Kotsaba is discredited by the Russian lies he...

By Halya Coynash, for Human Rights in Ukraine The decision to award the 2019 Aachen Peace Prize to Ukrainian journalist and  blogger Ruslan Kotsaba is...

#EUelections2019: How the Kremlin exploits German politics

By Julian Röpcke, for Disinfo Portal With the European elections only three weeks away, the Kremlin and its media are once again ramping up their...