Sunday, July 6, 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.

Understanding the “russophobic” card

By Urve Eslas, for CEPA Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a 17 February speech at the Munich Security Conference, described as “Russophobic” neighboring countries that oppose...

UK behind Salisbury attack: Russian narrative is spreading on Twitter

Collected by EU DisinfoLab To complement @DFRLab @benimmo's work, our study on narratives suggesting #Salisbury #Skripal #Novichok attack was carried out by UK /#MI6. Here's...

Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution Was Not a ‘Coup’

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of Russian Federation The U.S. used Russia to prevent Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich from using his military against rioters in Kiev, and...

Just desserts for a traitor; Ukrainian involvement; Britain did it! Russian Media Narratives...

After the former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned on March 4 in Salisbury, England, British Prime Minister...

Russian Population’s Reaction to Skripal Case More Disturbing than a First Glance Suggests, Psychologist...

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Many people have been put off by the bombastic comments of Russians on the street and in the Internet...

UPDATED: Russia Falsely Denies Connection to the ‘Deadliest’ Poison Ever Made

By Polygraph Sergey Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister “We have already made a statement that this is all nonsense, we have nothing to do with this” Source: TASS,...

Catch Carlos If You Can

By Carl Schreck and Ana Poenariu, for RFE/RL A mysterious Twitter persona launched one of the most enduring Moscow-friendly hoaxes of the MH17 airline tragedy....

Russian state workers receive an election season raise, promised nearly six years ago

By Polygraph Maxim Topilin Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection “In January-February, the most significant increase occurred in these categories, because they went up by 200%...

Russian propaganda playbook on full display in Russian embassy tweets on poisoning of ex-spy...

By Paula Chertok. for East West blog The Russian Embassy’s twitter account is often a display of old and new Russian propaganda. The “old” propaganda...

Russian Parliament Leaders Falsely Imply Powerful US Lawmakers Are Immune to Charges of Sexual...

By Polygraph Vyacheslav Volodin Speaker, of Russian Parliament “If such accusations were put forward by the female journalists of Russia Today or Sputnik, for instance, against Senator...