Saturday, September 20, 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.

Pranksters as pro-Kremlin propaganda

By EU vs Disinfo They claim to have tricked the US Ambassador to the United Nations, presenting themselves as Poland’s Prime Minister. They have allegedly talked to...

Moscow Pre-Schoolers Being Taught to Hate America

By Paul Goble, Window on Ukraine In what is a clear violation of Russian law but fully in line with Kremlin policy, kindergarteners in Moscow...

Brazil’s Largest Newspaper Quits Facebook, Accuses it of Harboring ‘Fake News’

By Taisa Sganzerla, for Global Voices One of Brazil's largest and most influential newspapers decided to rebel against Facebook by ceasing to publish content on...

Fake Russian Story Stokes Anti-Immigrant Fears

By Polygraph Various "In the EU countries, the flashmob #sorry launched by residents of Germany, Sweden, Denmark and other European countries has spread. The aim of...

Why Moscow fears NATO

By Janusz Bugajski, for CEPA Moscow has manufactured a thick mist of disinformation about NATO in order to disguise its expansionist policies in Eastern Europe....

Doubling down on ”Nazism”

By EU vs Disinfo Amid the noise of disinformation, one of the regular techniques that comes through again and again is the repetition of extreme...

Figure of the Week: 0

By EU vs Disinfo “Not a single Russian-language school is left in Kyiv.” This sensational headline recently appeared on Ukraina.ru, a Russian website well-known for spreading...

Cyber attacks on defense minister undermine bilateral relations

By Dalia Bankauskaitė, for CEPA On 18 January, Lithuania experienced a cyber attack  aimed at TV3.lt—the website of a major Lithuanian TV channel—in which hackers...

Update on Twitter’s Review of the 2016 U.S. Election

By Twitter PublicPolicy Updated on January 31, 2018 We have expanded the number of people notified about interactions with Twitter accounts potentially connected to a propaganda...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: New “blacklist” of Russian oligarchs in the US

Topics of the Week The Kremlin Watch Program is looking for an intern! If you would like to contribute to our work, send us your application...