Thursday, November 13, 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.

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...

MH17 – Russian GRU Commander ‘Orion’ Identified as Oleg Ivannikov

By Bellingcat Investigation Team A joint investigation between Bellingcat, The Insider, and McClatchy DC Bureau has conclusively identified another key person of interest in the...

Kremlin Fakes: Why Mr. Putin Links ISIS to Ukraine?

By Dmytro Zolotukhin The ISIS alleged calls to organize terrorist acts in Ukraine on the eve of the Champions League final are another provocation by...

From Bible study to Google: How some Christian conservatives fact-check the news and end...

“I think that when people go to Google, they think about Google weighing facts instead of ranking results.” By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab “As much...

Disinfo News: Russia Today Now Faces 10 Media Ethics Investigations in Britain

By Polygraph Russian President Vladimir Putin and RT's Editor-in-Chief of RT Margarita Simonyan attend an exhibition marking RT's 10th anniversary in Moscow, December 10, 2015 Since...

RIA News Agency, Tycoons Added To Ukraine Sanctions List

By RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service Ukraine has banned Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti, according to a recently expanded list of prominent Russians and entities subjected...

RIA’s Freudian Headline Writing

By EU vs Disinfo “European media: Russia has become the West’s last hope.” This was the headline in an analytical commentary published earlier in the month by the...

Investigators: Russian Military Downed Malaysian Flight

By VOA News An international team of investigators says it has identified the Russian military brigade responsible for launching a missile that brought down a...