Wednesday, July 9, 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.

Always blame the West! – and six other disinformation trends

By EU vs Disinfo This week, the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine churned out enough material for us to register almost 50 cases which we’ve divided into seven...

Kremlin falsely claims Russia not occupying Ukrainian territory

By Polygraph Dmitry Peskov Russian presidential spokesman ‘We are ready to explain to any Ukrainian citizen that Russia is not occupying any Ukrainian territories and generally there...

India’s elections are right around the corner — and the fake news problem is...

By GV South Asia With general elections drawing near and digital disinformation running rampant across multiple online platforms in the country, India's democracy may soon...

Evil feminism & six sexes – who wants to be the Kremlin’s fool?

By EU vs Disinfo You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot...

A Sunday night on Russian TV

By EU vs Disinfo What does the world look like through the lens of Russian TV? How is the news framed on the nationwide networks?...

Robotrolling 2019/1

By Dr. Rolf Fredheim, for NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Download publication file (6.34 MB) This report presents top-level findings from the first research project to...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Online platforms should provide more access to information for researchers

Topics of the Week The European Commission calls for online platforms to provide more information to researchers in its monthly report. Mueller report released: No verified collusion,...

“Ukraine will turn into a banana republic”: Ukrainian elections on Russian TV

By EU vs Disinfo Ukraine experienced the impact of Russian hybrid warfare and pro-Kremlin disinformation earlier than most other states. The Kremlin has long used Ukraine as a testing ground for its (dis)information and hybrid...

Kremlin accuses the West of interfering in Ukrainian elections

By Roman Shutov, for Ukrainian Election Task Force The Kremlin tends to shift blame away from itself by accusing its adversaries of interference while disregarding...

Mueller report summary doesn’t deny Russian interference in 2016 election

By Polygraph Russian Foreign Ministry Twitter account Official social media account “We hope #Washington will eventually master the courage to officially admit that there was no collusion...