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.

Blacklists and Foreign Agents: Russia Targets US Media In Retaliation For RT Probe

By EU vs Disinfo Pressure is piling up on Moscow-based U.S. media outlets, with reports that Russia is putting together a media blacklist in retaliation...

Beastly News: Deutsche Welle Launches Russian Satirical Show

By EU vs Disinfo Bored with politics? Tired of all the bad news on TV? If you are a Russian speaker, Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle may...

Myth busted: brainwashing in the Baltics

By Urve Eslas, for CEPA Last summer, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor announced an open competition for projects to support local,...

How Fake News Helped Slovak Extremists Become Reality

By Michael Colborne, for Codastory Websites pushing an anti-Western, pro-Kremlin agenda have put Slovakia’s far right on the cusp of national power It looked like yet...

Russian television is not about Russia

By EU vs Disinfo This is our weekly summary of the main topics on Russia’s most watched TV news channels. The news shows’ agenda...

RT: A Low-Grade Platform for Useful Idiots

By Monika L. Richter, for Atlantic Council RT is coming under increasing scrutiny for its role in the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign against the West. The...

‘House of Cards,’ Or The Tough Workdays Of Russian Trolls

By EU vs Disinfo Working in a Russian troll factory may not be that dreary after all. According to a former troll interviewed by Russia’s...

New MH17 Photograph Geolocated to Donetsk

By Bellingcat Investigation Team On October 19, 2017, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the Dutch-led criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17)...

Figure of the Week: 103

By EU vs Disinfo A former Washington correspondent for Sputnik, Russia’s state-sponsored news agency, says he received a 103-page handbook instructing reporters to “stay true to the...

Winter is coming: Observations from the Baltic states

By CEPA In the summer of 2017 the Center for European Policy Analysis sent Colin Dueck on a listening tour of the Baltics to interview diplomatic, military...