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.

Last week on Russian TV: Too “liberal” education and constitution

By EU vs Disinfo TV Channel 1 discussed a speech by a Russian schoolboy at the German Bundestag. “What about freedom of speech?”, a Tweet...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: More than 156,000 Russia-based accounts tweeted about Brexit

Topics of the Week British media reported that more than 156,000 Russia-based Twitter accounts spread messages about Brexit before the referendum took place in June...

“Czechoslovakia should be grateful to the USSR for 1968”

By EU vs Disinfo On 21 November, the official TV channel of Russia’s Ministry of Defence, Zvezda, published an analytical article on its website under the...

Facebook To Let Users See If They Followed Russian ‘Troll Farm’ Pages

By RFE/RL Facebook says it is creating a portal enabling users to learn whether they liked or followed pages or accounts linked to a shadowy...

RT’s FARA Examined. Part II

By Polygraph Margarita Simonyan Sputnik and RT chief-in-editor “I propose moving the celebration of World Press Freedom Day to November 10” Source: Twitter, November 14, 2017 FALSE Requiring RT-America...

RT’s FARA examined. Part I

By Polygraph RT-America, the U.S. branch of the Russian international broadcasting conglomerate, registered as a foreign agent under FARA on November 10, fulfilling the demand from U.S....

Pre-emptive distortion of facts: the Eastern Partnership Summit

By EU vs Disinfo On Friday this week the Eastern Partnership summit will take place in Brussels between the EU and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic...

Charles Manson a.k.a. Mikhalych – Russian Patriot Executed by Ukrainian Nazi

By Polygraph.info The day the news broke in the U.S. that Charles Manson, the notorious mass killer and cult leader who preached race war, had died,...

The Daily Vertical: Putin And The Paradox Of The Polls (Transcript)

By Brian Whitmore, for RFE/RL Vladimir Putin receives incomplete and distorted information about conditions in Russia and he is often deceived by his aides. The Kremlin...

This week on Russian TV: Theresa May targeted after stating that Russia weaponises information

By EU vs Disinfo Theresa May warnings over Russia dismissed On November 13, British Prime Minister Theresa May said that Russia seeks “to weaponise information” and...