Monday, April 29, 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.

(U//FOUO) Asymmetric Warfare Group Russian New Generation Warfare Handbook

By Public Intelligence The following document was originally made available by the website MultiBriefs. Russian New Generation Warfare Handbook Page Count: 68 pages Date: December 2016 Restriction: For Official Use Only Originating Organization: U.S. Army,...

Kremlin Says It Doesn’t Know Who Buys Political Ads on Facebook

By The Moscow Times The Kremlin hasn’t placed ads on Facebook to influence the U.S. election and doesn’t know who is behind them, its spokesman told reporters...

Can Forrest Gump Defeat Russian Propaganda in Belarus?

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Sometimes the simultaneous appearance of two stories apparently unrelated sheds light on issues more clearly than either of them...

One in Five Russians Would Vote for Fake Putin Protege

By The Moscow Times Nearly one in five Russians would vote for a made-up Vladimir Putin protege in next year’s presidential elections, an experimental Levada...

Pro-Kremlin disinformation in Germany: absent or present?

By EU vs Disinfo After past examples of unbalanced coverage and attempts to influence elections (here; here; see also here), many observers were asking: what about the...

Kremlin Watch Monitor ǀ September 19, 2017

WANTED: Kremlin Watch Intern European Values Think-Tank is looking for an intern for the Kremlin Watch Program. SPECIFICATION: Team work and independent activities in the Kremlin Watch...

Stories about Russia “are so hot right now” — so BuzzFeed is partnering with...

“There’s an enormous interest in Russia we really haven’t seen since the Cold war.” By Shan Wang, for NiemanLab You may have noticed: Interest in news out...

Russian state TV’s targets last week: Ukraine, Poland and the US as antiheroes

By EU vs Disinfo Below you can find a summary of the main topics on Russia’s most watched state TV news channels last week. ...

Sputnik retouches Soviet memories in Lithuania

By Dalia Bankauskaitė, for CEPA In recent months, the pro-Kremlin, Lithuanian-language media outlet Sputniknews.lt has disseminated photos about how happy Lithuanians were during the Soviet...

Three things you should know about RT and Sputnik

By EU vs Disinfo RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik are the two foreign language flagships of Russia’s campaign to influence international public opinion. Both outlets...