Friday, September 19, 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.

Aleksandr III and a Three-headed dragon: Russian statues send mixed and conflicting messages

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia In Russia today, monuments more than memoranda have become the most favored way of expressing political views at least...

News inside the bubble: Why do most Russians still watch state TV?

By Maxim Trudolyubov, for Eurozine The days when Soviet citizens had only three or four TV channels to choose from are long gone. Today, Russians...

Russian ‘hybrid warrior’ gets help from pro-Kremlin media in Poland

By Wojciech Jakóbik, for CEPA Russian and Polish language media outlets aligned with the Kremlin have rushed to defend a Russian citizen, Dmitry Karnaukhov, who...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts promoted Brexit

New Publication The Czech disinformation scene was studied and described in depth by one of our analysts, Markéta Krejčí. The study, published in New Eastern...

Russian trolls pushed pro-Brexit spin on day of referendum – CNN

By UNIAN A network of Twitter accounts with ties to the Russian government-linked troll army that meddled in U.S. politics posted dozens of pro-Brexit messages...

Russia trying to influence Dutch public opinion on MH17 with fake news – minister

By UNIAN The Russian security services are trying to influence public opinion in the Netherlands by spreading fake news, home affairs minister Kajsa Ollongren has...

The Russian Ministry of Defence Publishes Screenshots of Computer Games as Evidence of US...

By Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat On the morning of November 14th 2017 the Russian Ministry of Defence published multiple posts in Russian, Arabic, and English on their...

Russia’s RT registers as foreign agent in US

By Voice of America The U.S. Justice Department says Russian state-controlled media outlet RT has registered as a foreign agent in the United States. U.S. officials...

The trait of violence against foreigners on Russian TV

By EU vs Disinfo The atmosphere in talk shows on Russian state-controlled TV channels has become increasingly aggressive over the past three years. More and...

A look inside China’s propaganda bureaucracy

By Jimmy Wu, for Global Voices At the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese president Xi Jinping crystallized his power in China. His ideas...