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.

Julian Assange linked to Russian intelligence. Ecuadorian government knew about his meddling in US...

Source: CNN Rafael Correa, the Ecuador’s former president, well-known for his anti-US policy and granting asylum in London embassy to Julian Assange in 2012 (officially...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Italian Lega party turns to Russia for funding

Topics of the Week Italian far-right Lega party attempted to secure Russian financing for the European Parliament election. Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis: Lithuania's president systematically targeted by...

New Russian ambassador to Serbia starts mandate with false claims

By Margarita Assenova, for Polygraph Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko Russian Ambassador to Serbia “The constant pressure of the West on Serbia, exerted through the European Union, is evident, …while...

Why it is important to keep sanctions against Russian social networks in Ukraine

By Oksana Iliuk, for Ukraine World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky regards the ban on Russian online platforms to be inefficient. Meanwhile, Ukraine is still facing...

Governments making “fake news” a crime risk stifling real journalism — accidentally or intentionally

By Alana Schetzer, for NiemanLab Lumping together disinformation campaigns with news the government says isn’t in the “public interest” is a recipe for abuse. The rapid...

Macedonian PM publicly apologizes after he was deceived by pro-Kremlin Russian pranksters

By Metamorphosis Foundation, for Global Voices This story originally appeared on Meta.mk News Agency, a project of Metamorphosis Foundation. An edited version is published below as part...

Russian pundit claims liberal governments at war with religion

By Polygraph Alexander Nekrassov Political Analyst “Liberalism worships two things: money and debauchery ... Eventually, this worship made all democracies morph into atheistic regimes, who’ve been witch-hunting...

Russian ex-cosmonaut claims to have seen from space with ‘naked eye’ Ukrainian shelling of...

By Polygraph Elena Serova Russian State Duma Deputy, ex-cosmonaut "From the board of the International Space Station, I got to see with the naked eye, how the...

Rule, Britannia! A Round Table without King Arthur

By EU vs Disinfo In 1909, a group of British colonialists took the initiative to create a group, called the Society of the Round Table....

Putin tells Elton John Russia ‘unbiased’ toward LGBT community

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin Russian President "We really have a very smooth relationship with members of the LGBT community – really calm, perfectly unbiased.” Source: Ria Novosti...