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.

Putin admits the occupation of Crimea

By Artem Velichko, specially for InformNapalm Western political, intelligence and journalistic community erupted in understandably and justly very negative coverage of Donald Trump’s disastrous performance at...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The Night Wolves, a Russian biker gang, are a tool of...

Topics of the Week The Night Wolves, a Russian biker gang, are a tool of Russian intelligence The US indicts 12 Russian intelligence officers in connection with...

Russian U.K. Embassy denies evidence of Moscow interfered in the U.S. election

By Polygraph Russian U.K. Embassy official Twitter account Official social media account “Putin: Russian state has never intervened in US elections, nor going to do it. No...

Russian TV manipulates Gallup poll results to show Americans less patriotic

By Polygraph Tsargrad.tv Orthodox Christian TV channel in Russia “The results of a poll conducted by the Gallup Institute showed that in 2018 only 47% of Americans...

At the Helsinki Summit, Putin Claims Military Coordination Avoids Danger — the Record Proves...

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President, Russian Federation “Let me remind you that both Russian and American military acquired useful experience of coordination of their actions, established the...

Sputnik Repeats Russia’s False Tales About MH 17, Four Years Later

By Polygraph Sputnik International Russian State-owned media outlet “MH17 Crash Four Years On: Probe Continues, While No Solid Proof Presented So Far” Source: Sputnik FALSE Plenty of evidence points directly...

Does Russia Really Oppose Teaching Nationalism to Kids?

By Polygraph Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Twitter Account Official social media account “It’s unacceptable to impose on #children ideology of #nationalism, to teach them...

Novichok returns and so does disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo As the nerve agent Novichok – which was used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia earlier this year...

Why is the international media still repeating Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine?

By Peter Dickinson, for Atlantic Council When two members of Croatia’s World Cup squad recorded a nine-second video dedicating their quarter final victory over Russia to...

WhatsApp launches cmpaign in India to spot fake messages

ByAnjana Pasricha, for  VoANews NEW DELHI — After hoax messages on WhatsApp fueled deadly mob violence in India, the Facebook-owned messaging platform published full-page advertisements in...