Friday, July 4, 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.

The Trump-Putin summit was a win for Russia. Why aren’t they celebrating?

By Sarah Manney, July 25, 2018 After last weekend’s summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, widely held in the West as a...

Russia tries everything to blacken reputation of White Helmets

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Russia escalated its long-running hate campaign against the White Helmets Syrian rescue group in response to the evacuation over...

In Sweden, resilience is key to combatting disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo Since Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014 – an operation where disinformation, deception and confusion played a major role – Swedish...

Military Intelligence, fake online personas, fake local news: How Russia targeted US elections

By EU vs Disinfo On Friday 13 July, the US Justice Department took a further step in their investigation of Russian meddling into the 2016...

Moscow’s Ambassador Claims Russophobia Victimizes Russian-Americans — ‘No,’ says Diaspora

By Polygraph Anatoly Antonov Russian Ambassador to U.S “An unprecedented information campaign to discredit our country, its role and place in the world, continues, inevitably affecting the...

Fabricated treason and espionage cases prop Putin up in power

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Russia’s Foreign Ministry is supporting its accused spy in the United States Maria Butina with the hashtag #FreeMariaButina despite...

Putin’s post-summit interview lies won’t save Trump

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Basking in the glow of the World Cup final and a humiliation of Donald Trump in Helsinki yesterday, Vladimir...

Moscow’s Long Tradition of Poisoning its Opponents with Impunity

By Askold Krushelnycky, in London, for StopFake British authorities have seemingly made a crucial breakthrough in their investigation into Russia’s use of the deadly military-grade...

Investigative Report: On The Trail Of The 12 Indicted Russian Intelligence Officers

By RFE/RL's Russian Service A U.S. grand jury charged 12 Russian citizens on July 13 with interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by organizing cyberattacks on...

Putin’s Claim on U.S. Criminal Charges Against a Russian Company is Fiction

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President, Russian Federation “We heard accusations against the company Concord. As I understand it, this company hired American lawyers, and the accusations against...