Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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.

Despite Government’s History in Disasters, Putin Says Trust ‘Real Investigation’

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President, Russia “Social networks, as you know, are a turbid source, regrettably. Therefore, one must rely on the results of the real investigation.” Source:...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russian diplomats must travel back to Moscow

Topics of the Week More than 70 security policy experts from 21 countries have signed our Open Call urging NATO allies and the EU to join...

#PutinAtWar: Trolls on Twitter: Battles on Twitter over the Skripal poisoning case

By Ben Nimmo, for DFRLab Since the British government accused Russia of an “illegal use of force” against the United Kingdom by attempting to poison...

False reports spread online after the murder of Brazilian activist and politician Marielle Franco

By Fabíola Hauch, for Global Voices In the middle of the national outcry following the murder of human rights advocate and politician Marielle Franco, fake...

StopFake supports East StratCom Task Force initiative “EU vs Disinfo”

March, 2018 StopFake wholeheartedly supports the “EU vs Disinfo” initiative as our biggest partner that has been on the forefront of combating disinformation for the...

Putin has two reasons for playing ‘the Jewish card,’ Yakovenko says

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia In the film World Order 2018 and indeed in all his propaganda over the last 18 years, Vladimir Putin...

RT’s Top Editor Toasts Putin: ‘He Used To Be Our President; Now He Is...

By RFE/RL There was plenty of Champagne and wine flowing in Moscow in the hours after Russia’s polls closed on March 18, as supporters of...

Revisiting Soviet monuments

By Urve Eslas, for CEPA Russian President Vladimir Putin has been trolling Estonia. Since CEPA’s last brief on the future of the Soviet war memorial...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: US and UK strengthen their positions, the EU and the Dutch...

Topics of the Week The European Commission’s high-level group of experts have issued a report on disinformation. It has little significance in practice and completely...

Russian media cite fake election observers

By Polygraph Thierry Mariani French politician “I have worked as an observer of elections for about 20 years and can say that in Russia I see improvements...