Saturday, July 5, 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.

Russia’s Twisted Hall Of Mirrors

By EU vs Disinfo It has been more than 15 months since Russia launched its 3-day “special military operation” against Ukraine. As Russia’s war of...

Kremlin’s tide of disinformation can’t wash away the truth

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin reflexively turns to its favoured manipulation tactics of denial and aggressor/victim role reversal, but its propagandists have been preparing the...

Kremlin lies on child deportation blown up by the International Criminal Court

By EU vs Disinfo For over a year, Russian state-controlled outlets and pro-Kremlin pundits have been trying to convince themselves and the world that the forcible...

‘WAR IS BEING WAGED AGAINST RUSSIA ON ALL FRONTS’

By EU vs Disinfo One and half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and constant attacks against Ukrainian civilians, the Kremlin has the nerve to...

FALSE DAWN: HEIMAT LEFT VULNERABLE

By EU vs Disinfo Kremlin propagandists have declared Bakhmut ‘liberated’ even though it has been reduced to rubble. Plumes of smoke rising across a homeland...

Framing Others For Your Own Wrongdoings

By EU vs Disinfo The pro-Kremlin information manipulation ecosystem was all over the place last week, hammering several worn-out narratives and introducing a few novel...

Victory Day, 9 May In The Past In The Ussr And Russia

By EU vs Disinfo Since 2008, Victory Day celebrations of the defeat over Nazi Germany have become yearly and has turned into what some Russian opposition...

Historical Revisionism: ‘Polish Imperialism Against Ukraine And Belarus’

By EU vs Disinfo By now, everyone should know the Kremlin’s horrific revisionist claims that ‘Ukraine is artificial, is not a state, with no right...

Will Russia Become a “Complete Dystopia?”

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation Russian propaganda continues to promote the patriotic mobilization of its population, sometimes resorting to quite surrealistic methods. Thus, a...

“Right On Target” – But Which Target?

By EU vs Disinfo The month of May is usually associated with joy, springtime, and the approaching summer. In the Russian info-sphere, this May is...