Saturday, April 18, 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.

Operation Secondary Infektion: The DFRLab Exposes a New Russian Influence Campaign

By EU vs Disinfo Allegations of planned political assassinations, lurid forgeries, false flag attacks, brazen online impersonations… the universe of Russian disinformation grows ever more...

Figures of the week: 3-10

By EU vs Disinfo It took 3 to 10 days for the Russian Internet Research Agency to increase polarization of the #BlackLivesMatter debate on Twitter,...

Lost in translation

By EU vs Disinfo Imagine that you are a politician or an expert commentator, and a Russian state-controlled TV channel calls you and asks for...

European Commission summarises its struggle against disinformation

In June, European Commission with Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented the report on the...

Evaluation of the EU elections: Many gaps still remain

By Jakub Kalenský, for Disinfo Portal Just weeks after the European Parliamentary elections, the European Commission (EU) has issued a report on the implementation of...

Top Russian diplomat falsely claims U.S. actions violated Vienna Convention, calls White House policy...

By Polygraph Sergey Ryabkov Russian Deputy Foreign Minister “Return the diplomatic property, which was seized not only in violation of the Vienna Convention, but in violation of...

Russian media reported ‘rusty’ tanks displayed in Washington, DC on July 4

By Polygraph NTV Gazprom-Media TV Channel “Rusty tanks and the U.S. flag on Mars: how the parade in Washington went.” Source: NTV, July 5, 2019 False The four...

Russophobia, dependence, and the Belarusian gay-opposition

By EU vs Disinfo Last week, the pro-Kremlin media claimed that Russophobia is Lithuania’s main export, but in reality, it’s mineral fuels and machinery. But...

Conspiracies: It is impossible to see ostriches hiding their heads in the sand

By EU vs Disinfo Imagining a world of shadow governments and puppet-masters is the ultimate power trip. It makes you smarter than everybody else; you...

Russian Defense Ministry claims Metal Gear video game is U.S. intelligence project

By Polygraph Andrei Kartapolov Russian Deputy Defense Minister "On the Internet, projects of the American special services, such as … Metal Gear and RuNet Echo, are being...