Sunday, April 28, 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.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The EU has to start taking pro-Kremlin disinformation seriously

START TAKING PRO-KREMLIN DISINFORMATION SERIOUSLY Open Letter by European Security Experts to the President of the European Commission J. C. Juncker and the High Representative...

Wave of disinformation from the Azov Sea

By EU vs Disinfo The main wave of disinformation narratives this week is unsurprisingly connected to the attack on Ukrainian ships near the Azov Sea. But let’s...

Dictionary.com chooses ‘Misinformation’ as word of the year

By VoANews Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com's word of the year on the tattered coattails of "toxic," picked earlier this month...

Figure of the Week: 1

Источник: EU vs Disinfo The French parliament has adopted a bill aiming to crack down on the “manipulation of information” during election periods. The draft law, initiated by President...

Russian coast guard rams Ukrainian tugboat, official denies ramming is ‘a tactic’

By Polygraph Dmitry Belik State Duma Deputy from Russian-occupied Crimea “Unlike Ukraine, we don’t drag our military into adventures and do not shirk international law. And if...

Disinfo Analysis: The ‘Moldovan Maidan’ – How Russian Media Created an Alternative Reality

By Polygraph “Romania is preparing a Maidan to destroy Moldova,” read the headline in the popular Russian newspaper Vzglyad on March 16, 2018. “Maidan” is a reference to...

The Double White Lines of Russian Journalism

By EU vs Disinfo In Russia, the “red lines” which define the limits to what journalists can write or say, are often referred to as...

Waiting for the deep fakes

By EU vs Disinfo While the international expert community is busy discussing what the “deep fakes” of the future will look like, employees at the infamous St....

Putin Spokesman Wrongly Calls Western Sanctions ‘Illegal’

By Polygraph Dmitry Peskov Russian presidential spokesman "Sanctions conform to international law. In this case, we don’t recognize those unilateral restrictions as legitimate sanctions because we deem...

Are Americans controlling German media?

By Polygraph Igor Morozov Senator, Russian Council of Federation “The media in Germany is largely dependent on their owners in the United States. Today, none of the...