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.

Beyond Fake News: How Trump’s Disruptive Technology Mirrors Russian Political Technology

By Lisa J Walters, for UCL Prof Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies The investigation into the Trump campaign’s links with Russia has already uncovered many...

Oliver Stone has launched Putin’s re-election campaign

Putin is leveraging Western disciples like Oliver Stone to boost his changes of another term in office. By Alexey Kovelev, for The Moscow Times In a...

Head of Russia’s federal censor says he’ll appeal personally to Telegram creator to demand...

By Meduza The head of Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal censor, told the news agency Interfax on Monday that he plans to appeal personally to Pavel Durov,...

Putin showed Oliver Stone a video where Russia’s Air Force supposedly attacked terrorists in...

By Meduza In Oliver Stone’s Showtime special “The Putin Interviews,” there is a scene where the Russian president shows Stone a video on an iPhone...

Russia uses money and threat of prosecution to hide Russian soldiers’ deaths in Ukraine

By Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine While whole villages, sometimes regions, come out to bid farewell to slain Ukrainian soldiers, Russians killed are likely...

Russia Might Ditch Its Failed ‘Bloggers’ Registry’

By RuNet Echo, for Global Voices Russian lawmakers in the State Duma have introduced legislation that would abolish the so-called “Bloggers’ Registry” created in 2014,...

Russian librarian found guilty for keeping Ukrainian books

By Marina Bocharova, Coda As Russia’s war with Ukraine stretches into a third year, the Kremlin is stepping up efforts to squash any expressions of...

The ‘Russian World’ in Germany

By Nikolai Mitrokhin, Eurozine Pro-Kremlin propaganda spread through social media is causing a shift to the far-Right among Germany’s native Russian population. Nikolai Mitrokhin considers...

Crimean Journalist’s Trial Resumes, Adjourned Until June 14

By RFE/RL The trial of RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist who is fighting what he says is a politically motivated separatism charge on...

Moscow TV Round-Up: Literature, Justice and the Third Reich

By Mark H. Teeter, for The Moscow Times It’s "strange bedfellows week" on Moscow television, as the small screen offers its audience great literature (live!),...