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: High Treason Charges Against Journalists “Unprecedented.” Russian Journalist: “Putin Lies”

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President, Russia “That is an unprecedented thing. They are attempting to bring high treason charges against a person for what he did publicly...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: British MPs Want a Stronger Government Effort in Shutting the London...

Kremlin Watch Report Kremlin Watch Report: Czech deputies and senators regularly travel to Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, the regions that are suffering from the conflict...

#PackOfLies: Who’s the best at holding the front line?

In the context of major election campaigns, resonant events such as Sergei Skripal’s poisoning and the Western preparation for important military steps, the armies...

RT’s Scottish stars face investigation

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Russia’s RT UK channel is now facing 11 investigations from media watchdog Ofcom, following the announcement of the latest...

Russophobia: How Russia Exploits Western Values For Its Propaganda

By Paula Chertok Hardly a day goes by without someone from the Kremlin accusing the West of anti-Russia “frenzy,” “hysteria” or “Russophobia.” Whether the subject...

Russian Influence Tactics in America: The Lozansky Files

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Defence Report Materials shedding light on the character of Russian intrusion into internal affairs of the United States and other western...

RT: OPCW Got its Chemical Weapons Samples from ‘Jihadists’

By Polygraph RT Russian state-funded news agency A former British ambassador to Syria told RT the OPCW ‘s claim that chlorine was "likely used" in Saraqeb, Syria,...

Which European democracies are best combating Russian disinformation?

By David Alandete, for El Pais New think tank report places Spain, France, Germany and Poland among the most protected from interference by Russia-funded media Ahead of...

Did Western media call Russia ‘the last hope of the west?’

By Polygraph Viktor Marakhovsky Writer for RIA Novosti “In short, today the question is more relevant than ever: what can save the union now? So far...

Who is Darth Putin?

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation can sometimes be fun – especially when the more awkward attempts to spread it are unmasked. We do our best...