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.

Swedish kids to learn computer coding and how to spot fake news in primary...

Swedish kids are set to learn programming from their first year of primary school, as the country's government introduces an improved digital competence aspect...

European Court of Human Rights Begins Investigating Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started investigating whether Russia's infamous 'foreign agent' law violates human rights. The court has begun to process...

Russia’s Sputnik Now Partners with Slovakia’s Largest News Agency

By Coda Story The Kremlin-funded Sputnik news agency and radio broadcaster signed its first cooperation agreement with Slovakia’s largest news agency TASR. The agencies will...

Foreign Politicians’ Visit to Crimea Is Russia’s Latest Disinformation Failure

Western politicians from marginal parties may help Putin score points at home, but the international community rejects a Russian Crimea. By Anton Shekhovtsov, for The...

How (Not To) Cover Lies

As journalists try to figure out how to cover a “post-factual” world, they should look at Ukraine for lessons On March 12, 2014, long before...

Moscow Outlet Describes How Russia Should Break Up Each of the Baltic Countries

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Arguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the Russian...

Netizen Report: Why Did YouTube Censor Your Videos? You May Never Know

By Netizen Report Team, Global Voices Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around...

Tens of Thousands Evacuated in Ukrainian Arms Depot Explosion

By Ben Nimmo, DFRLab On March 23, 2017 at 2:46am local time, a fire started at an arms depot in Balakliya, a town near Kharkiv...

Open Letter of European security experts to Federica Mogherini: Please start taking the Russian...

The aggressive actions of the Kremlin are unprecedented in the modern era. Invasion of neighbouring countries, massive bombings and killings of civilians, and the...

Hungarian secret agent reveals in detail how serious the Russian threat

By Szabolcs Panyi, Index Secret agents, counter-intelligence officers do not give interviews to the media very often and it is even more unique when they...