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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.

Russian Embassy in the UK Claims the US Arms and Trains Islamic State Fighters

By Polygraph Russian Embassy in the UK “US training a “New Syrian Army” near refugee camp in Al-Hasakah to fight the government, core fighters of the...

What didn’t happen in 2017?

By EU vs Disinfo As the year comes to an end, one tends to look back over the past twelve months to try to sum...

British Intelligence Report Confirms Russian Military Origin of MH17 Murder Weapon

By Aric Toler, for Bellingcat Today, December 20, the British Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published its 122-page annual report. This report covers a wide range of...

Silencing the haters: German facebook group talks back to trolls

By EU vs Disinfo Reading hateful comments on social media can be distressing. According to Susanne Tannert, reading them for several hours each day requires...

Bild: Russia practiced war against NATO, capture of Baltics during Zapad

By The Baltic Times Russia's recent large-scale military exercise Zapad was neither an "anti-terror exercise" nor "purely defensive", but a "dry run" for a "full-scale...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The US Congress is proposing a bill to counter foreign interference

Topics of the Week The Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) put forward proposals to act on fake news and misinformation and call on...

Russia’s RT Launches New French Channel Despite ‘Propaganda’ Charges

By RFE/RL Russian state broadcaster RT has launched a French-language channel despite being branded this year as a "propaganda" outlet for the Kremlin by officials...

RT contributor says western press ‘turns a blind eye’ to events in Ukraine

By Polygraph Bryan MacDonald an Irish journalist based in Russia. However, the refusal of most prominent western media outlets to cover the breaking story from Kiev spells...

Russia-imposed court in Crimea upholds journalist Semena’s verdict

By RFE/RL The top court in Ukraine's Russia-controlled Crimea region has upheld a separatism conviction against journalist Mykola Semena in a case that has been...

Vladimir Putin Repeats Already Fact-Checked Claims

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation “There is no Russian army on the territory of Donbas but there have been created military-police formations, ready...