Thursday, May 2, 2024

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.

Vladimir Putin Repeats Already Fact-Checked Claims

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation “There is no Russian army on the territory of Donbas but there have been created military-police formations, ready...

Kadyrov Denies Chechen Battalions In Syria

By Polygraph Ramzan Kadyrov Head of Russia's Chechen Republic "The domestic media are disseminating reports about the 'sending' to Syria of 'servicemen' from the Vostok and Zapad...

Facebook Criticized After Finding Little Evidence Of Russian Meddling In Brexit Vote

By RFE/RL A top British lawmaker has accused Facebook of failing to thoroughly investigate whether Russia attempted to influence last year's vote to leave the...

Weaponising the Olympics

By UA vs Disinfo On 5 December, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018. The reason was the...

Attempt No 2. Russian propaganda seeking to “dismiss” Angela Merkel again

Igor Solovey, for LB.ua German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s days in big politics are reportedly numbered, according to Russian media. However such predictions are unfounded given...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Spain will acknowledge “misinformation campaigns” as a threat to national security

Topics of the Week Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that the US won’t lift sanctions against Russia until the Kremlin withdraws Russian forces from...

RT’s Editor-in-Chief: FARA Registration, Capitol Hill Denial of Credentials Restricts ‘Journalistic Work’

By Polygraph Margarita Simonyan, RT’s editor-in-chief “To all the self-righteous defenders of 'freedom of speech' who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT's...

Trump was ‘Russia’s friend’ in Russian media for only a very brief period, new...

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Many assume that Donald Trump was portrayed in the Russian media as Russia’s friend until last summer when it...

Russian Colonel General Identified as Key MH17 Figure

By Bellingcat Русская версия этого расследования опубликована изданием The Insider. A joint investigation between The Insider and Bellingcat used open source research, investigative journalism, and forensic voice...

Russia Claims U.S. Intelligence Agencies Trying To Recruit Russian Journalists

By RFE/RL Moscow on December 6 accused U.S. intelligence services of trying to recruit Russian journalists working in the United States. "Recently Russian journalists, including those...