Monday, July 7, 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.

Moscow claims ‘sham’ Donbas election stems chaos it sowed

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson "After the murder of Alexander Zakharchenko under the conditions of a possible vacuum of power, there was a...

New York Times sheds light on decades-old tradition of Kremlin disinformation campaign

By EU vs Disinfo A three-series multimedia project by the New York Times reveals how current Kremlin disinformation campaigns stem from a long tradition of...

Oxford’s Word of the Year: Toxic

By VoANews It's official: 2018 is toxic. Oxford Dictionaries has chosen "toxic" as its international word of the year. Oxford University Press monitors changes in the English...

How The Wall Street Journal is preparing its journalists to detect deepfakes

By Francesco Marconi and Till Daldrup, for NiemanLab “We have seen this rapid rise in deep learning technology and the question is: Is that going...

Heavyweight megaphones of disinformation in Eastern Ukraine

By EU vs Disinfo Sunday 11 November was a tricky day for the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign, on two fronts. In Ukraine, the Russia-backed separatists held illegitimate elections...

Love conquers truth: New romantic comedy by RT chief Simonyan spins Crimea drama

By Robert Coalson, for RFE/RL Even back when construction of the controversial, $3.7 billion Crimean Bridge was just beginning, RT Editor in Chief Margarita Simonyan already...

Alaska purchase: Kremlin’s trolls suggest a refund

By EU vs Disinfo Wheels were turning last week in the St. Petersburg troll factory. Its very own news agency, RIA FAN, published a statement by...

Figure of the Week: 6 million

By EU vs Disinfo Since its illegal annexation in 2014, Russian authorities have tried hard to restore Crimea’s image as a holiday hotspot — including by faking...

Russian Foreign Ministry Says Austrian Officer Was Baselessly Accused of Spying for Moscow, But...

By Polygraph Sergei Lavrov Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs “The Russian side stressed the unacceptability of the practice of making public unsubstantiated accusations, which runs counter to...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: What steps should the West take to stop Russian subversion efforts?

NEW PUBLICATION akub Janda, director of the European Values Think-Tank, has published a new article recommending immediate steps the West should take to thwart Russia’s hostile influence...