Saturday, July 5, 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.

Picture Does Not Lie — Russian Claim to Have Captured Javelin Missile System is...

By Polygraph Vedomosti Russian newspaper “At an exhibition of trophy weapons captured in Syria, held in the Moscow region near Kubinka as part of the forum "Army-2018,”...

Russian Foreign Ministry: Islamic State “gone” – even as Defense Ministry says attacks in...

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson “MEDIA: "THE STATE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT IT WILL DIRECT $230 MILLION FOR STABILIZATION IN SYRIA TO OTHER GOALS.” Right:...

#PackOfLies: To disentangle from Kremlin’s cobweb of lies. The case of Georgia

By Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis, for StopFake Kremlin’s propaganda is spreading lies in Georgia that September 11 attacks were perpetrated by the US government...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: New ranking of countermeasures by the EU28 to the Kremlin’s Subversion...

NEW PUBLICATION 2018 Ranking of Countermeasures by the EU28 to the Kremlin's Subversion Operations. This report, which builds on the Overview of Countermeasures by the EU28 to...

We researched Russian trolls and figured out exactly how they neutralise certain news

Xymena Kurowska, Aberystwyth University et Anatoly Reshetnikov, Central European University Russian “troll factories” have been making headlines for some time. First, as the Kremlin’s digital...

5 ways to identify a bot (also a Russian one)

There are no better experts in fighting against fake news and disinformation than Americans. No wonder. They are wise after the event – for...

Fake news? You learn to assimilate it since the childhood!

Things are not going well. American scientists prove that responsible for the thoughtless assimilation of the fake news are, among others, the mechanisms necessary...

5 ways to identify a bot (also a Russian one)

Source: MotherJones.com / own There are no better experts in fighting against fake news and disinformation than Americans. No wonder. They are wise after the...

Malaysia cancels „lex anti-fake”

Much is being said about more countries planning or already introducing laws meant to fight against false information in media. Meanwhile new Malaysian government...

The number of fact-checkers around the world: 156… and growing

By Mark Stencel, for Duke Reporters' Lab he number of active fact-checking projects around the world now stands at 156, with steady growth driven by expanding...