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.

The Kremlin’s multifaceted strategy in France

By Nicolas Tenzer, for Disinfo Portal France’s internal political landscape is ripe for the Kremlin’s propaganda and disinformation. From the yellow vest protests to divisive...

Russia did not offer to free Ukrainian sailors it captured

  By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson “The Ukrainian side not only refused to utilize the procedures for release (of the sailors) that already exist in...

Fixing the digital ecosystem

By Alex Romero, for Disinfo Portal This article is part two of a series by Alto Data Analytics about the workings of disinformation in the...

Artificial ventilation of MH17 lies

By EU vs Disinfo What do you do when your disinformation campaign is running both out of time and oxygen? You start artificial respiration. As we head...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Three former Russian intelligence officers charged in the MH17 investigation

Topics of the Week Four individuals, including 3 former Russian intelligence officers, charged in the MH17 investigation. The U.S. is launching cyber attacks, displaying a shift in...

An ecosystem of mistrust and disinformation

By Alex Romero, for Disinfo Portal This article is part one of a two-part series by Alto Data Analytics about the workings of disinformation in...

The strange similarities in narratives in the cases of Strache and Skripal

By EU vs Disinfo As a month has passed since the beginning of the scandal involving former vice-chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache, it’s time to...

The sin of omission

By EU vs Disinfo In a special kind of news manipulation, the problem is not what the story tells, but what it does not tell. When highly relevant...

Pro-Kremlin News Front praising Hitler

By EU vs Disinfo Russian disinformation outlet News Front is a regular provider of content for our database on disinformation. From them we have got...

Russia’s Defense Ministry falsely blames Syrian rebels for an attack on a Turkish army...

By Polygraph Russian Ministry of Defense "Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces made four bombing strikes against terrorists in Idlib, the Defense Ministry reported. The coordinates...