Saturday, July 5, 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.

What the OPCW-FFM report on the Saraqib chlorine attack tells us about the Douma...

By Eliot Higgins, for Bellingcat May 16's OPCW-FFM report on the February 4 2018 chemical attack in Saraqib, Idlib, reveals not only information about the Saraqib...

New York State Senate welcomes Russian propagandists

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake It is absurd enough that Russia organises “Immortal Regiment” marches all over the world in early May, but the...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: British intelligence chief names and shames the Kremlin for its hostile...

Topics of the Week n his first ever international public appearance, British intelligence chief Andrew Parker explicitly named Russia as “chief protagonist” in the campaign to...

Ex-BBC manager at Sputnik sees no evil

By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake Nikolai Gorshkov started his career as a protocol officer for the State Committee for Science and Technology of the...

Figure of the Week: 50

By EU vs Disinfo A falsified news report accuses a pro-European Moldovan politician of offering to lease Chisinau to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi...

As Russia’s government effort to ban Telegram falters, digital activists are pranking the censorship...

By Christopher Moldes, for Global Voices Russia's so-called “Digital Resistance” has struck out against the country's internet blacklist, an ever-growing list of websites censored by the...

Transatlantic Commission to Focus on Election Meddling

By VoA News An international commission has formed to try to end meddling in elections in Western democratic nations by Russia and other autocratic countries. The...

You see it, you buy it: Just being exposed to fake news makes you...

By Laura Hazard Owen, for Nieman Lab The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard...

Putin Promises to ‘Expand Space of Freedom’ for Youth, But It’s Conditional

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of Russia “I am counting here on new ideas and approaches, on the boldness of our young people, on their ability to...

At his inauguration, Putin proclaims peace and prosperity, both are elusive

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation I believe that it is my duty and the meaning of my entire life to do everything for...