Tuesday, July 8, 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.

Witch-Hunt! Which Hunt?

By EU vs Disinfo This has been a rough week for Russia. The country is subject to a witch-hunt in Germany, Latvia is provoking the EU to...

Outside the Kremlin comfort zone

By EU vs Disinfo Last time it was RT. Now it’s NTV’s turn to have been found in “serious failure of compliance with impartiality rules” by...

An unfounded foundation

By EU vs Disinfo The Strategic Culture Foundation has all the features of a modern, state-of-the-art think tank. An all-English site; tightly laid-out with a...

What Jesus Christ would have done to Poroshenko: Russian propaganda reacts to tomos

The Kremlin-led TV assures its viewers that Ukraine’s President will pay patriarch Bartholomew with Yuri Dolgorukiy’s remains. By  Olena Sheremeta, for Detector media Translated to English...

Russian TV tries to whitewash Venezuelan refugee crisis

By Polygraph Rossiya 1 State-owned Russian television channel “Manufactured Crisis! Venezuelan ‘Refugees’ in Columbia Come for Day-Long Shopping Trips!” Source: Rossiya 1, February 7, 2019 FALSE A single interview can’t...

Eyewitness or actor? To Gazprom TV, it’s all the same

By EU vs Disinfo A Russian state-controlled TV channel has again been exposed after presenting an interview with a paid actor in a news programme...

Youtube to reduce visibility of videos that spread misinformation

By YouTube official blog When recommendations are at their best, they help users find a new song to fall in love with, discover their next...

Moscow alleges a ‘massive campaign’ in Germany to discredit Russian media

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Spokesperson, Russian Foreign Ministry "We are seeing a massive campaign on Russian information resources in Germany. It is being conducted with the German...

RT boasts about Russia’s economy – even Russian officials are skeptical

By Polygraph RT (Russia Today) State-owned media outlet “The Russian economy has seen the biggest growth since 2012, expanding by 2.3 percent last year, according to preliminary...

Venezuela, e-voting and Western money

By EU vs Disinfo Top shares on Venezuela Venezuela has dominated Russian portals, Russian newspapers and also Twitter this week, as analysis from our new data tool shows. A link to a story...