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.

China Central Television backs Russian version of the Syrian crisis, saying chemical attacks were...

By Oiwan Lam, for Global Voices Days after the United States, the United Kingdom and France launched airstirkes in Syria in response to the suspected use...

The week in Russian media: threats of annihilation

By EU vs Disinfo An odd but not surprising theme appeared in Russian media during this week. Whereas threatening with the possible use of nuclear...

Anatomy of a Russian chemical weapons lab lie

If Moscow wants its Syrian allies to skirt the blame for chemical attacks, they’re going to have to come up with some better evidence...

Disinfo News: The “Troll” That Went Public

By Polyghaph It seems that not only were rumors of Ian56's (@Ian56789) Twitter "death" (suspension) on Thursday exaggerated, but on Friday afternoon the world became acquainted...

OPCW Has UN Authorization to Inspect Alleged Chemical Attack Site

Sergei Ryabkov Russian Deputy Foreign Minister "Everything rested on the absence of UN Secretariat security department approval for a visit by OPCW experts to the site...

Sputnik and Zvezda falsely claim Hitler’s Mein Kampf is more popular than Harry Potter...

By Polygraph Sputnik News and Zvezda “In Latvia, Hitler has become more popular than Harry Potter.” Source: TV Zvezda, Sputnik News FALSE Latvian booksellers are unloading old copies of...

Portraits of Europe on Russian TV: “Mother Nature is punishing immoral EU countries”

By EU vs Disinfo EU countries are a favourite subject on Russian state TV. Every evening, the ‘gospel’ is watched for hours on end by millions...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony

Topics of the Week How do Estonian intelligence service assess the threat the Kremlin poses to Estonian national security? Read about Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony. New US sanctions are hitting...

The Douma Chemical Attack – Fake News about Fake News on Russia’s Fake News

By Eliot Higgins, for Bellingcat With any war crime in Syria receiving significant media coverage, there has been a concerted effort by pro-Kremlin and pro-Assad...

Sergey Lavrov’s Fake: The Skripals Were Poisoned by BZ Toxin Used by NATO

Source: Iva Tsoy, for The Insider Speaking at the assembly of the Council of Foreign and Defense Policy on April 14, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...