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.

Russian Military Exercise Sparks Information War

The speculation surrounding Russia’s “Zapad” military exercises may suit both Moscow and its Western rivals By Matthew Bodner, Moscow, Russia, for Codastory It was all those...

Get ready for pro-Kremlin tinnitus

By EU vs Disinfo Imagine someone whispering in your ear non-stop: “Why would you bother, you will never find out the truth.” Sometimes the voice could...

Agent of Influence: Should Russia’s RT Register as a Foreign Agent?

By Elena Postnikova, Atlantic Council Read the Publication (PDF) The US Congress enacted the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to ensure that the American...

‘The sensible time may have passed’ What happens to American journalists in Russia, if...

By Kevin Rothrock, for Meduza On September 11, 2017, Yahoo! News reported that the FBI has questioned two former staffers at the Russian state Sputnik...

Russian propaganda’s Sputnik news agency probed by FBI – media

By UNIAN The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it...

Russian Embassy in U.K. Says Everest is Part of Russia

By The Moscow Times The Russian Embassy in the U.K. said Mount Everest was part of Russia on its Twitter account before deleting the tweet on Monday. “Good morning! (Mount...

Russia in the meddle: Interference in the West intensifies

By Euractiv Espionage, disinformation and threats: Putin’s “active measures” to destabilise European societies and governments are multiplying, according to a report by the European Council...

Kremlin Distances Itself From Fake Facebook Accounts Ad Buying Revelation

By The Moscow Times The Kremlin has nothing to do with the hundreds of fake Facebook accounts that reportedly bought political ads during the U.S. presidential election, Kremlin...

Facebook declares war on Russia’s ‘troll factory’ Here’s how the numbers break down

By Meduza On September 6, Facebook announced the results of its investigation into potential efforts to use its platform to influence the results of the 2016 U.S....

Disinformation Review: Back to basics

By EU vs Disinfo After a summer break from reporting on disinformation we are now back in business, and so are many of the regular...