Wednesday, September 17, 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.

Digital Guerrillas Bring Down Russian State Censor’s Website

When access to the messaging app Telegram was interrupted in Russia on June 3, for the second time in less than a week, some worried that...

How a social media joke became anti-NATO propaganda in Estonia

By Urve Eslas, for CEPA A Russian propaganda website has turned a local joke about the Estonian-Russian border fence into an anti-NATO narrative directed at...

Talking Heads: How Russia’s Videobloggers are Shaping Public Opinion

As Russians turn from their televisions in favour of YouTube, the Kremlin is struggling to find a primetime slot. By Ola Cichowlas, for The Moscow...

Crimean Tatar activist prosecuted for Facebook birthday greeting to Mustafa Dzhemilev

By Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine Rustem Mennanov has become the latest Crimean Tatar to be fined or jailed for innocuous social network posts. ...

Pre-MH17 Photograph of Buk 332 Discovered

By Bellingcat Since the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), Bellingcat has published numerous articles concerning the anti-aircraft missile launcher that...

In Germany, a Battle Against Fake News Stumbles into Legal Controversy

By Josie Le Blond, CodaStory Some in Germany want social networks to decide what news is fake or ever illegal. It may not be so...

It’s too early to declare Facebook’s anti-fake news efforts a failure

By Laura Hazard Owen, NiemanLab Plus: A new report on the many types of trolls, and what happens when fact and fiction get blended together. The...

RT Editor-in-Chief Responds to Macron ‘Propaganda’ Accusations

Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian state news organization RT,  has responded to accusations that RT is a source of anti-Western propaganda. French President Emmanuel Macron...

Kremlin Watch Monitor. May 30, 2017

STRATCOM SUMMIT 2017 Two weeks ago, the European Values think-tank welcomed altogether 330 participants of the second STRATCOM SUMMIT representing 29 countries at the Czech...

Russian Media, Ambassador Fuel Conspiracy About Seth Rich Murder

Source: Twitter account of the Russian Embassy in United Kingdom, May 18, 2017 By Polygraph Seth Rich was a 27-year-old employee of the Democratic National Committee...