Friday, November 14, 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.

Russian Foreign Ministry Distorts Ukraine Famine Legacy

By Polygraph Russian Embassy in Canada Official Russian Foreign Ministry Twitter Account “#Famine in 1930's in USSR was common tragedy for Ukrainians, Russians, Kazakhs, other Soviet people....

Russian troll factory expanded and harassing independent press

By Fatima Tlis, for Polygraph Alexandr Rogers Commentator “Khodorkovsky's puppets are fulfilling an order from the West, trying to sabotage Russia's defense industry. But that is...

American blogger’s Ukraine martial law theory, shared on RT is flawed

By Polygraph Patrick Lancaster Patrick Lancaster, Video Blogger in Donbas “If someone looks at a map of the areas that he’s put martial law in affect, these...

Russian Independent TV vs. Kremlin TV: 3-0

By EU vs Disinfo “Everyone does it, so what’s the problem?”  The notion that Western countries themselves run state-orchestrated disinformation campaigns is a popular pro-Kremlin defensive...

Russia’s long-term disinformation plan for the Azov Sea

By EU vs Disinfo The moment when the disinformation campaign around the Azov Sea started was not when Russia seized three Ukrainian vessels and their...

Anatomy of a Russian media escalation

​By Polygraph Point of View The latest escalation in the Sea of Azov provides a case study of how Russia’s vast state disinformation apparatus is employed...

Russian Reporter Blames George H.W. Bush and the Persian Gulf War for Fomenting ‘Chaos’...

By Polygraph Dmitry Smirnov Kremlin Special Correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper “At the age of 94, George Bush Sr. died - the man who started the Gulf...

Putin falsely claims seized Ukrainian ships gifted by U.S.A.

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President, Russian Federation “Two little cutters that the United States gifted Ukraine didn’t pass through the Kerch Straight, and you want a nuclear...

Russian state news chief raps on air, claims Russian rap is home grown

By Polygraph Dmitry Kiselyov Dmitry Kiselyov, CEO of Rossiya Segodnya and TV host “It’s believed that rap as a culture came from Black America. We got it...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Does Putin underestimate the West?

Topics of the Week Head of MI6: Putin should not underestimate British determination and capabilities. Czech counter-intelligence agency published a detailed Annual Report describing Russian and Chinese activities in...