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.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Norway steps up its game against authoritarian regimes

Topics of the Week Norway is stepping up its game against Russian and Chinese influence. Donald Trump has gone to great lengths to hide details about the...

Attacking Ukraine via Canada

By EU vs Disinfo Descendants of Ukrainian immigrants in Canada “are now in power and dictate Canada’s foreign policy”. This explains why Canada has imposed...

Sputnik falsely claims ‘censorship’ after Facebook removed hundreds of accounts

By Polygraph Sputnik's press service Russian state-funded news agency "The decision is clearly political in its nature and, as a matter of fact, is practically censorship —...

Russian News Monitor: January 14-20, 2019

By Ukrainian Election Task Force This is a regular weekly report by Detector Media, a partner of the Ukrainian Election Task Force, offering exclusive content...

There have never been any Russian forces in Ukraine!?

By EU vs Disinfo On Monday the pro-Kremlin media claimed that Russia is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine because there is a...

What’s wrong with RT?

By EU vs Disinfo Last month the British media regulator, Ofcom, found that RT (Russia Today) had been in “serious failure of compliance” with the rules of...

Is Europe’s Gender equality resolution a “provocation” against Russia?

By Polygraph Leonid Slutsky Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the State Duma “It’s a provocation, specifically to coerce the Russian delegation to slam the door...

From unstoppable immigrant flood to female Santa Claus

By EU vs Disinfo New Year is a time for resolutions, but can also be a time of uncertainty. What better moment to play on...

Ukraine under information fire

By EU vs Disinfo 2018: Assessing the damage  Ukraine tops the EUvsDisinfo database as the most frequent target with 461 references among a total of 1,000 disinformation cases reported in...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Borrowing Russian money has a cost

Topics of the Week Read a detailed overview about the loan provided by the First Czech-Russian Bank to France’s far-right National Front and how it eventually became...