Friday, May 3, 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.

Russia probe looms as possible election year issue

Jim Malone, for VOA In recent weeks, the investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia has intensified, raising the prospect...

Suspicions of ‘bots’ gow over spikes in ‘dislikes’ of Russian stories ahead of election

By Alan Crosby, for RFE/RL When Zmitser Yahorau saw the number of "dislikes" for a Belsat TV story on YouTube about life in a Russian...

Update: Kadyrov’s Press Secretary Accuses US Government of Conspiring against Chechnya

By Polygraph Alvi Karimov, press secretary of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya Alvi Karimov, press secretary of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya “There is not even a...

Is the U.S. Evacuating IS Members from Syria?

By Polygraph Sputnik News Russian State Media Agency “The source from the town of al-Hasakah (north-east part of Syria) has told Sputnik on the condition of anonymity...

Oops, we did it again

By EU vs Disinfo Last time it was Russia’s Ministry of Defence. This time it was the state TV channel Pervy Kanal that couldn’t resist...

How resilient is Latvia’s information space to Kremlin propaganda?

By CEPA People often assume that Latvia has two completely separate, self-sufficient information spaces: one for Latvian speakers and the other for Russian speakers. While...

Russia: U.S. and NATO Try to Deny IS Presence in Afghanistan

By Polygraph Sergey Lavrov Russian foreign minister “We are alarmed as unfortunately, the US and NATO military in Afghanistan makes (sic) every effort to silence and deny...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Twitter’s mission against bots and trolls

Topics of the Week Twitter is banning the methods used by bots and trolls to spread false stories on the network. Twitter users will no...

Anatomy of The Times: how a British newspaper uses Russian propaganda tricks to discredit...

 Elisabeth Schimpfossl and Ilya Yablokov, for Open Democracy A leading British newspaper is using patchy “evidence”, insinuation and intrigue to vilify the UK university protest....

Smear campaign against civilian rescuers in Syria continues

By EU vs Disinfo On 6 February, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria released a statement saying that it was investigating multiple reports that bombs allegedly...