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.

#PackOfLies: How Egyptian students became fake Palestinian martyrs

A fake video, supposedly showing how the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip filmed misleading videos about the seemingly killed martyrs of their own so...

Russian Responses to Babchenko’s Staged Death

Moscow’s reactions to the staged death of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in many ways mirrored their reactions to his “real” death of the day...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: France arrests intelligence officers, Sweden teaches the public how to defend...

Topics of the Week The Swedish government has produced a pamphlet instructing the nation’s 4.8 million households on actions to take in crisis situations, including...

Disinfo News: US cites Russia in Freedom report over persecution of religious sect

By Polygraph For the second time in two years, the U.S. State Department is listing Russia as a “Country of Particular Concern” regarding religious freedom.The...

Russia Demands Release of Satellite Images That the U.S. Released 4 Years Ago

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Press secretary, Russian Foreign Ministry "It is also worth mentioning that the United States has not provided satellite images, the presence of which...

Zakharova: Handbook for Journalists Covering World Cup is ‘More Russophobia’

By Polygraph Maria Zakharova Press secretary, Foreign Ministry, Russia “The initiative that seems to be useful at first glance and aimed at helping sports observers cover the...

Disinfo News: The Kremlin’s Many Versions of the MH17 Story

By Polygraph The Kremlin has been having a bad week, in terms of global public relations. On May 24, the Dutch Joint Investigation Team (JIT)...

Conspiracy: Ukraine to launch a large-scale offensive in Donbas during the World Cup

By EU vs Disinfo Summary of Disinformation Ukraine to launch a large-scale offensive in Donbas during the World Cup to provoke a humanitarian disaster and an...

Keywords of Disinformation: Genocide, Nazi – and the World Cup

By EU vs Disinfo What could genocide and Nazis possibly have in common with the 2018 FIFA World Cup? Nothing would be the most obvious answer....

MH17: Time is Running Out for Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo Since July 2014, Russian authorities have been conducting a disinformation campaign together with the media they directly and indirectly control with the aim...