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.

Update: US labels as ‘absurd’ Russian accusations of manipulation of the Macedonian Parliament

By Polygraph Russian Foreign Ministry Russian Foreign Ministry "Eight votes that were necessary to secure a qualified majority were ensured by …means of blackmailing, threats and bribing...

Russian state TV claims Megyn Kelly’s show taken off air because of Russians’ love...

By Polygraph Kirill Kleimyonov TV anchor, Russia “The program of Megyn Kelly, our favorite American TV anchor, is being taken off the air. She was fired on...

Commanding the trolls

By EU vs Disinfo Thanks to a series of journalistic investigations, many of which have been carried out by Russian reporters, it is already well known...

What to know about WhatsApp in Brazil ahead of Sunday’s election

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard...

Figure of the Week: 136,000

By EU vs Disinfo A court in Finland has ordered three pro-Kremlin trolls to pay 136,000 euros in damages for harassing and slandering Jessikka Aro,...

TOP 3 ways to spread disinformation about military exercises

By EU vs Disinfo Western military exercises are an obvious target for the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that aims to undermine the public’s trust in EU...

Putin Downplays Size of U.S. Economy to China’s Favor — Facts Show Otherwise

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation “In terms of volume, the Chinese economy has already become larger than the U.S. economy.” Source: RIA Novosti MISLEADING Putin erroneously...

Disinfo Analysis: The ‘art of fake news’ – How independent Moldovan media fight Russian...

By Polygraph Millions of Moldovans were glued to their TV screens watching with increasing panic the news from neighboring European countries about a “massive” wave...

Disinforming with a pot on your head

By EU vs Disinfo Modern digital technology can make it almost impossible to discern disinformation from facts. For example, computer games now look so authentic that Russian state...

What have tech companies done wrong with fake news? Google (yep) lists the ways

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard...