Thursday, September 18, 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.

Kremlin TV: Singing from the same hymn sheet

By East Stratcom “The West is the cause of all problems in the world, whereas Russia is invariably the only source of positive hope”. This...

Twelve Myths about Change in Ukraine

By Alexander J. Motyl, for Atlantic Council Most Ukrainians will tell you that “nothing has changed” since the Euromaidan Revolution. Meanwhile, most Ukrainian analysts bemoan...

Russian Justice Ministry bans 19th century book about persecution of Jews in medieval Europe

By Meduza Russia’s Justice Ministry has banned a 19th century book by German Orthodox rabbi Marcus Lehmann about the forced conversion of Jews to Christianity...

Moscow leverages Qatar crisis disinfo to bolster Nord Stream 2

By Wojciech Jakóbik, for CEPA Russian media uses the Qatar crisis to undermine Eastern European energy diversification and defend Gazprom’s controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline...

Kremlin TV: Singing from the same hymn sheet

By East Stratcom “The West is the cause of all problems in the world, whereas Russia is invariably the only source of positive hope”. This...

Flight MH17 three years on: getting the truth out of Eastern Ukraine

By East Stratcom Where were you on 17 July, 2014? On this day a Malaysian Airlines flight, which had taken off from Amsterdam bound for...

MH17 – The Open Source Investigation, Three Years Later

By Bellingcat Investigation Team. for Bellingcat The full report can be downloaded here  Today, we are releasing a report summarizing all major open source evidence surrounding...

Russian activist is jailed for three days for reposting an image depicting Putin as...

By Meduza A court in Vladimir has placed a local activist under arrest for three days because she reposted an image on social media depicting...

Social Networking Sites to Remove Incendiary Comments or Face Hefty Fines Under New Russian...

By CodaStory A bill has been submitted to the Russian parliament which would require social networks and messenger services to remove defamatory statements or comments...

Russian Foreign Ministry Official Slams NATO Film on Baltic Resistance

By The Moscow Times Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, has lashed out at a new film produced by NATO that documents anti-Soviet resistance in...