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.

Tracking Russian online interference teaches valuable lessons on improving news quality

By Ivan Sigal. for Global Voices With the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) indictment of 13 Russians for interfering in 2016 United States (U.S.) presidential elections, Global Voices...

At UN, indignant Russia protests culpability in Skripal poisoning, calls accusations fake news, absurd...

By Paula Chertok After a month of denials, distortions and counter-accusations, Russia gathered the international community at the UN Security Council and again dismissed as fabricated...

Ukraine Reform Monitor: March 2018

By Balazs Jarabik, Thomas De Waal, for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This is the eighth Ukraine Reform Monitor published by the Carnegie Endowment for...

Observers Disagree with Putin that 2018 Election Was the ‘Most Transparent and Clean’ Vote...

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President, Russia “As many already said, certainly, this was the most transparent and clean election in the history of our country.” Source: Kremlin.ru, April...

As Baltic Leaders Meet Trump, Russia Accuses NATO of Crossing a ‘Red Line,’ Overlooking...

By Polygraph Alexander Grushko Russian deputy foreign minister “For years, European security was based on measures of restraint. There never was a military aspect in our relations...

Zuckerberg: Facebook Deleted Posts Linked to Russian ‘Troll Factory’

By VOA Facebook, expanding its response to people using the platform improperly, said Tuesday that it had deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated...

Salisbury poisoning on Russian TV: confuse, undermine and ridicule

By EU vs Disinfo Last week, Russian TV continued to present more theories and accusations in relation to the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei...

The Curious Case of David Jewberg, the Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst

By Oleksiy Kuzmenko, for Bellingcat  Summary: “Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst LTC David Jewberg” maintained a popular Facebook page and was frequently quoted in Ukrainian and Russian...

RT Isn’t Going Off the Air Because of ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

By Polygraph Margarita Simonyan RT Editor-in-Chief “The provider company that aired our broadcasts in Washington, D.C., kicked us off the broadcasting network. Yes, because of our status...

Energy experts insist RT contributor is wrong, the West is not using the Skripal...

By Polygraph Robert Bridge RT op-ed contributor The comment was odd since, even at the height of the Cold War, Europe never froze due to Moscow...